Legal Opinion
Delta Star, Inc. v. H.K. Porter Co. (In Re H.K. Porter Co.)
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 23, 1995No. 19-02033PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARREN W. BENTZ, Chief Judge.
Background
H.K. Porter Company, Inc. (“Porter” or “Debtor”) filed its voluntary Petition under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code on February 15,1991. On July 9,1993, Porter filed, at Motion No. SCBS-71, its motion for authority to settle litigation which had been pending for many years against Metropolitan Dade County-for the amount of $1,200,000 and for authority to pay its attorney a 50% contingency fee out of the settlement proceeds. The proposed settlement and payment of the contingency fee was approved by Order dated August 19, 1993.
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