In Re Roberts

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that a debtor has an important interest in hiring counsel of its choice
• disallowing employment of law firm that was a prepetition creditor, represented a creditor, and failed to disclose its relationships with the debtors
• since interdebtor claims were neither disputed nor priority claims, simultaneous representation of the debtor was not a conflict per se
• “[T]here is no requirement for court approval of a Chapter 7 debtor’s employment of an attorney.”
• in denying attorneys’ fees court lists thirty-four instances where an impermissible conflict of interest was found
• since interdebtor claims were neither disputed nor priority claims, simultaneous representation of the debtor was not a conflict per se

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

109 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In Re Arochem Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1999-05-18· cited 161×
• In Re Kendavis Industries International, Inc.
  N.D. Texas· 1988-09-28· cited 122×
• In re BH & P Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1991-12-05· cited 120×
• AFI Holding, Inc. v. Brown
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-06-17· cited 76×
• In Re Granite Partners, L.P.
  S.D. New York· 1998-03-09· cited 68×
• In Re EWC, Inc.
  W.D. Oklahoma· 1992-03-18· cited 65×
• In Re B.E.S. Concrete Products, Inc.
  E.D. California· 1988-08-08· cited 52×
• In Re Bh & P, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 1989-08-11· cited 45×
• In Re Lee
  C.D. California· 1989-02-08· cited 43×
• In Re Rusty Jones, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1991-12-09· cited 42×
• In Re Amdura Corp.
  D. Colorado· 1990-07-19· cited 41×
• I.G. Petroleum, L.L.C. v. Fenasci (In Re West Delta Oil Co.)
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-12-01· cited 40×
• In Re Grabill Corp.
  N.D. Illinois· 1990-04-26· cited 35×
• United States Trustee v. PHM Credit Corp. (In Re PHM Credit Corp.)
  E.D. Michigan· 1989-04-13· cited 33×
• In Re Glenn Electric Sales Corp.
  D. New Jersey· 1988-12-12· cited 33×
• In Re Star Broadcasting, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 1988-01-22· cited 32×
• Tevis v. Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould & Birney, LLP (In Re Tevis)
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-08-07· cited 32×
• In Re Diamond Mortg. Corp. of Illinois
  N.D. Illinois· 1990-11-27· cited 32×
• In Re Tidewater Memorial Hospital, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 1989-12-29· cited 28×
• Dye v. Brown (In Re AFI Holding, Inc.)
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-10-25· cited 27×