In Re Hunt

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• court must balance time expended against result achieved, as well as likelihood of success on the merits at the time the services were performed
• “An attorney should not expect to be fully compensated for such unrealistic effort,” where feasibility of plan “was nonexistent at the time the plan was offered.”
• In awarding fees, “the result achieved has the greatest determinative weight.”
• services must benefit estate, not debtor, in order to be compensable
• “Much time and effort went into the preparation of [plan and disclosure statement], but the underlying feasibility of the proposal was nonexistent at the time the plan was offered. An attorney should not expect to be fully compensated for such unrealistic effort”
• “Much time and effort went into the preparation of [plan and disclosure statement], but the underlying feasibility of the proposal was nonexistent at the time the plan was offered. An attorney should not expect to be fully compensated for such unrealistic effort”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  E.D. New York· 1995-03-29· cited 26×
• Jensen v. Gantz (In Re Gantz)
  Tenth Circuit· 1997-07-15· cited 20×
• In Re Spanjer Bros., Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1996-01-18· cited 20×
• In Re Farah
  W.D. Texas· 1992-06-19· cited 18×
• Smith v. Lounsbury (In Re Amberjack Interests, Inc.)
  S.D. Texas· 2005-07-08· cited 16×
• In Re Pine Valley MacHine, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1994-09-28· cited 15×
• In Re Berg
  D. Montana· 2001-09-25· cited 12×
• In Re Gold Seal Products Co., Inc.
  N.D. Alabama· 1991-07-16· cited 11×
• In Re Nelson
  N.D. Ohio· 1997-03-31· cited 10×
• In Re Crown Oil, Inc.
  D. Montana· 2000-09-13· cited 8×
• In Re Gibbons-Grable Co.
  N.D. Ohio· 1992-06-12· cited 7×
• In Re Oakes
  N.D. Ohio· 1991-11-22· cited 7×
• In re Kitts Development, LLC
  D. New Mexico· 2012-06-26· cited 7×
• In re Quigley Co.
  S.D. New York· 2013-10-24· cited 5×
• In Re Kile
  D. Arizona· 2004-11-08· cited 2×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-01-21· cited 3,561×
• Unnamed case
  First Circuit· 1977-01-10· cited 333×
• Baddock v. American Benefit Life Insurance
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-02· cited 244×
• In the Matter of Cle-Ware Industries, Inc., Debtor. Cle-Ware Industries, Inc. v. Howard Sokolsky
  Sixth Circuit· 1974-02-26· cited 99×
• In Re Georgetown of Kettering, Ltd., Debtor. Hunter Savings Association v. Baggott Law Offices Co., L.P.A. Frederic E. Gagel and Garrett H. Frey
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-12-19· cited 79×
• In Re Rhoten
  M.D. Tennessee· 1984-11-13· cited 34×
• Matter of Hunt
  N.D. Ohio· 1986-04-17· cited 16×
• Matter of Schaeffer
  S.D. Ohio· 1987-03-17· cited 14×