Legal Opinion
In re Puffer
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 27, 2012No. 08-30290PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
HENRY J. BOROFF, Bankruptcy Judge.
The “Application of L. Jed Berliner for Approval of Compensation and Expenses as Counsel to the Debtor” (the “Fee Application”) returns to this Court on remand from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to consider whether “special circumstances” existed in the bankruptcy case of Wayne Eric Puffer (the “Debtor”) to justify the filing of a fee-only Chapter 13 plan.1 This Court finds none.
I. FACTS AND TRAVEL OF THE CASE
With the benefit of an evidentiary hearing at which the Debtor and attorney L. Jed Berliner…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- William Weinberger v. Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Metropolitan District Commission, Conservation Law Foundation of New England, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- In Re Thirteen Appeals Arising Out of the San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire LitigationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Berliner v. Pappalardo (In Re Puffer)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
- Berliner v. Pappalardo (In Re Sullivan)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Berliner v. Pappalardo (In re Puffer)District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2013
- In re BanksUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 2016
- In re PufferUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2012