Federal Case

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing conduct of some attorneys for creditors as one of bases for requirement of court approval of counsel for creditors committee
• “[T]he prophylactic statutory rule that approval must be sought in advance of performance of services is too strong to be overcome by a mere showing of oversight.”
• also noted that retroactive approval is not permitted when it results from inattention or oversight by counsel
• “[In retroactively authorizing employment,] the bankruptcy court must consider whether the particular circumstances in the case adequately excuse the failure to have sought prior approval.”
• court’s analysis of whether to retroactively approve a committee’s retention of professional services requires consideration of whether the applicant or some other person bore responsibility for applying for court approval, etc., “and other relevant factors”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).