Legal Opinion

Vergos v. Timber Creek, Inc.

District Court, W.D. Tennessee

Decided August 27, 1996No. 96-2188 GVPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER AFFIRMING BANKRUPTCY COURT

GIBBONS, Chief Judge.

Before the court is an appeal from an order entered on October 6, 1995 by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee. The order, followed by a memorandum on October 12, 1995, granted the debtor’s request pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 327(a) to employ the Glankler Brown law firm. Appellant contests the order below stating that the uncontested disqualification of one partner in the law firm for lack of “disinterestedness” should preclude the debtor from employing the firm. The Bankruptcy Court held that curative…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. RisjordSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. In Re Dow Corning CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
  4. Eleanor Schiessle v. Donald E. StephensCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  5. In Re Carl Cottrell and Paula Cottrell, Debtors. Carl Cottrell and Paula Cottrell v. J. Baxter Schilling, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC v. Official Committee of Unsecured CreditorsDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2009
  2. McDermott International, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas · 2020

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