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IN RE MARTIN

No. 86-1764.

817 F.2d 175 (1987)

In re Larry T. & Cynthia J. MARTIN d/b/a A & W Drive-In Restaurant & Martin's Exxon, Debtors. Appeal of Larry T. & Cynthia J. MARTIN.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew L. Caras, with whom Verrill & Dana, Portland, Me., was on brief, for appellants.

Stanley Greenberg, with whom Greenberg & Greenberg, Portland, Me., was on brief, for appellee Chapter 11 Creditors' Committee.

Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This case deals with the right of a lawyer, preliminary to submitting a client's petition under chapter 11 of the 1978 Bankruptcy Code (Code), to take security for the payment of attorneys' fees to be incurred while representing the client in connection with the bankruptcy proceedings. It likewise inevitably deals with the propriety of such an act. Apropos of the central point at issue, directly pertinent precedent ranges from slim to none. So...

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