In Re Reconversion Technologies, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently September 2015
1 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 101 (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) · 11 U.S.C. § 330 · 28 U.S.C. § 1334 · 28 U.S.C. § 1409 · 28 U.S.C. § 157 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Blanchard v. Bergeron · Ramos v. Lamm · Mares v. Credit Bureau of Raton
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“§ 330. Compensation of officers (a)(1) After notice to the parties in interest ... the court may award to a trustee, an examiner, a professional person employed under section 327 or 1103— (A) reasonable compensation for actual, necessary services rendered by the trustee, examiner, professional person, or attorney and by any paraprofessional person employed by any such person; and (B) reimbursement for actual, necessary expenses. (a)(2) The court may, on its own motion or the motion of the United States Trustee, the United States Trustee for the District or region, the trustee for the estate, or any other party in interest, award compensation that is less than the amount of compensation that is requested. (a)(3) In determining the amount of reasonable compensation to be awarded, the court shall consider the nature, the extent, and the value of such services, taking into account all relevant factors, including— (A) the time spent on such services; (B) the rates charged for such services; (C) whether the services were necessary to the administration of, or beneficial at the time at which the service was rendered toward the completion of, a case under this title; (D) whether the services were performed within a reasonable amount of time commensurate with the complexity, importance, and nature of the problem, issue, or task addressed; and (E) whether the compensation is reasonable, based upon the customary compensation charged by comparable skilled practitioners in cases other tha”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Polishuk · In Re Kusler“In the eyes of this Court, determination of professional fees allowable under § 330(a) entails a three step process: “(1) is the billed service compensable; (2) was the service actual and necessary; and (3) is the billed amount reasonable considering the nature, extent and value of such services.” In re Cascade Oil Co., 126 B.R. 99, 103 (D.Kan.1991) (citing In re S.T.N. Enterprises, Inc., 70 B.R. 823, 832 (Bankr.D.Vt. 1987)).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Yates
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.