In the Matter of Triangle Chemicals, Inc., Debtor. Darryl Fanelli v. Nelson T. Hensley, Trustee

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• stating that court approval should generally be sought “in advance” of employment
• listing various lower court decisions denying compensation to unauthorized counsel who performed services for a debtor in possession
• summarizing various principles supporting the importance of having attorneys approved by the bankruptcy judge
• rejecting “a per se rule not to allow compensation for attorney’s fees” upon after-the-fact application and holding that a bankruptcy court may grant such late applications under “its powers as a court in equity”
• “[W]e do not intend by our holding to encourage any general non-observance of the contemplated pre-employment court approval.”
• emphasis in original; discussion of circumstances justifying mine pro tunc order deleted

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