Legal Opinion

Boddy v. United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Kentucky (In re Boddy)

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided December 5, 1991No. 90-6523PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

Debtor Brian Alan Boddy and the law firm of Rice, Seiller, Cantor, Anderson & Bordy (“law firm”), appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky affirming an interim award of attorney’s fees granted by the bankruptcy court. Because the bankruptcy court applied an improper legal standard in determining the amount of attorney’s fees, we vacate and remand.

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The law firm represented debtors Brian Alan Boddy and Kerriann Theresa Boddy in their Chapter 13 bankruptcy case. At the section 341 meeting of creditors, the…

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. In Re BoddyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
  2. Law Offices of Boone v. Derham-Burk (In Re Eliapo)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
  3. In Re CampbellUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 2001
  4. In Re MossUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 2005
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