Legal Opinion
In Re Stephen Raymond Strand Kristie Gale Strand, Debtors, Bruce Leichty v. William T. Neary, United States Trustee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 9, 2004No. 03-15431PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TROTT, Circuit Judge.
Bruce Leichty (“Leichty”), in his capacity as counsel for a Chapter 7 trustee, appeals the bankruptcy court’s order, which, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 330, awarded only half of the compensation he requested in his final fee application. The bankruptcy court did not award the full amount requested because it concluded that Leichty pursued litigation that was not reasonable or necessary in its entirety. We hold that the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in making this determination.
BACKGROUND
On June 13, 1997, Stephen and Kristie Strand (“the Strands”) voluntarily…
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