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In Re Cleveland

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. California

Decided December 8, 1987No. 19-90014PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM DECISION

LOUISE DeCARL MALUGEN, Bankruptcy Judge.

Robert Norwood, attorney for the debtor Steven George Cleveland, has applied for an award of attorneys fees as an administrative expense for extraordinary services rendered in the debtor’s Chapter 13 case. The application presents an issue of apparent first impression of whether an attorney may be compensated through a Chapter 13 plan for services which defend the dis-chargeability of a debt scheduled in the plan.

SUMMARY OF FACTS

As might be expected, rather unique circumstances gave rise to this unique problem. The debtor filed a…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. In the Matter of Gregory Bynner JONES, Sr., BankruptCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  2. In Re RhotenUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1984
  3. Matter of VlachosUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · 1986
  4. Matter of ZweigUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 1983
  5. In Re EpsteinUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Mexico · 1984

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. In Re Roderick D. ReedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
  2. Wootton v. Ravkind (In Re Dixon)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · 1992
  3. In Re BernardUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · 1988
  4. In Re Buttes Gas & Oil Co.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas · 1989
  5. Stewart v. Law Offices of Dennis OlsonDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1988

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