149 F. Supp. 46 - Bishop v. Macon Lumber Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 501
Relies on Trustees v. Greenough · Central Railroad Banking Co of Georgia v. Pettus · Hobbs v. McLean · Guardian Trust Co. v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. · In re Gillaspie
Most-quoted passages
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“It should be noted that there are three attorneys asking separate allowances for their fees. I do not think this fund should bear three times the cost of one good attorney. Any one of the three attorneys was capable of prosecuting the litigation. The fact that they each had two assistants should not be imposed as an additional burden upon the fund.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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