McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen v. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (In Re Weibel, Inc.)

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• holding that the Code precludes fee awards for services performed on 26 behalf of a bankruptcy estate based on state law theories not provided for by the Code
• holding that compensation to professionals acting on behalf of an estate must be based on provisions of the Code, which does not provide for fee awards based on state law theories such as quantum meruit
• holding that compensation to professionals acting on behalf of an estate must be based on provisions of the Code, which does not provide for fee awards based on state law theories such as quantum meruit
• noting that approval of an administrative expense claim under § 503(b)(2) requires that professional fees be compensable under § 330
• “Section 330 will allow compensation ... only if court approval is first obtained pursuant to 327”
• “Compensation to professionals acting on behalf of the estate must be based on provisions of the Code.”

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