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· 3/16/1994

United States Trustee v. Price Waterhouse Sharon Steel Corporation Sharon Specialty Steel Inc. Monessen Inc

Citations

  • 19 F.3d 138
  • 30 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 1522
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 4604
  • 25 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 618
  • 1994 WL 80793

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that pursuant to 503(b)(1) trade creditors may receive interest during Chapter 11 proceedings
  • “Section 330 will allow compensation ... only if court approval is first obtained pursuant to 327”
  • “These provisions [of the Bankruptcy Code], taken together, unambiguously forbid a debtor in possession from retaining a prepetition creditor to assist it in the execution of its Title 11 duties.”
  • “If it is thought that [the proposed action should be allowed], an amendment of that provision should be sought from Congress.”
  • “As the Supreme Court and our court have repeated many times in recent years, when statutory language is clear and unambiguous it ordinarily must be followed.”
  • “the appellees, like the bankruptcy court and the district court, stress the practical benefits ... however, ‘bankruptcy courts cannot use equitable principles to disregard unambiguous statutory language’ ”

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Judges: Stapleton, Cowen, Alito

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