Caplin & Drysdale Chartered v. Babcock & Wilcox Co. (In re Babcock & Wilcox Co.)
May
01
2008
Ruling
Bankruptcy court did not abuse discretion in awarding attorneys' fees for travel time at partial rate.
Procedural posture
Appellant, the law firm representing a debtor, appealed a judgment from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana affirming a bankruptcy court's decision denying the firm's 11 U.S.C.S. § 1103(a) attorney fee application, which sought fees at the firm's full hourly rate for travel time not spent working. Appellees were the bankruptcy trustee, the corporate debtor, and the unsecured creditor's committee.
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