Federal Case

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “the principal test of substantial contribution is ‘extent of benefit to the estate’ ”
• holding that the applicant was not entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees as having made a “substantial contribution” in a Chapter 11 case where, among other things, the applicant’s efforts were duplicative of those of an equity security holders’ committee
• “Services which substantially contribute to a case are those which foster and enhance ... the progress of reorganization.”
• failure to obtain advance approval for fees incurred in performing services “parallel to but not coordinated with” a case fiduciary results in denial of those fees as a later substantial contribution claim
• efforts not merely on behalf of his client’s interest
• limitations on availability of adjustments to the lodestar

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).