Legal Opinion
In Re Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 19, 1945No. 19711PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sur Applications for Allowances.
KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.
General Considerations
1. In fixing compensation for services in reorganization, especially counsel fees, the value of the estate in the custody of the Court is always an important consideration because it tells something of the character of the services and affords a fairly accurate measure of the skill required to perform them with success and the responsibility assumed.
When this debtor filed its petition under § 77B, 11 U.S.C.A. § 207, in 1937 it had a total outstanding funded indebtedness consisting of mortgage bonds and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- In Re Paramount-Publix CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1935
- In Re Paramount Publix CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- In Re Pine Hill Collieries Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1942
- Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1938
- Steere v. Baldwin Locomotive WorksCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Lewis J. Ruskin, Collateral Trustee v. Charles H. Griffiths, Trustee in ReorganizationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- In Re Casco Bay Lines, Inc.Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 1982
- Finn v. Childs Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- In re Imperial "400" National, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- York International Building, Inc. v. ChaneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
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