IN RE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD CO.

No. 30226.

221 F.Supp. 288 (1963)

In the Matter of the NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY, Debtor.

United States District Court D. Connecticut.

August 26, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Blanchette, Gen. Counsel, James Wm. Moore, Counsel for Trustees, New Haven, Conn., John D. Kernan, Jr., Counsel, New York City, for principal debtor.

David W. Peck, Henry N. Ess, III, John S. Allee, New York City, for Sullivan & Cromwell.

Stuart H. Steinbrink, New York City, for Levien, Steinbrink & Beaudet.


ANDERSON, Chief Judge.

The issue presented by this application is whether or not the court has the power to fix the attorneys' fees of Sullivan & Cromwell for their legal services, rendered after July 7, 1961 the date of the filing of the reorganization petition, in the Biltmore litigation without a maximum or ceiling for such compensation having first been fixed by the Interstate Commerce Commission under § 77, sub. c(2) of the Bankruptcy Act. The answer...

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