CONLON, District Judge:
This appeal involves an award of $42,257 in attorneys' fees and costs pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 303(i)(1), after dismissal of an involuntary bankruptcy petition. The purported debtor, Maple-Whitworth, Inc., sought fees and costs against only one petitioner, appellant Michael N. Sofris. But the bankruptcy court entered the award against some of the other petitioners who were served with the motion, under a theory of joint and several liability...
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