- 11 U.S.C.
In re Penney
Sep
26
2005
Ruling
Court denied a trustee's application to employ counsel due to an actual conflict of interest in counsel representing a creditor and the estate.
Procedural posture
The chapter 7 trustee filed an application to employ counsel. Proposed counsel and his firm represented a secured creditor with a claim against the bankruptcy estate. The issue was whether an actual conflict of interest existed with respect to counsel's dual representation of the creditor and the estate.
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