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IN RE ROUSTABOUT COMPANY

No. 16310.

386 F.2d 354 (1967)

In the Matter of the ROUSTABOUT COMPANY, Bankrupt. United States of America, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Schaitman, Appellate Section, Dept. of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D. C. (Barefoot Sanders, Asst. Atty. Gen., Drew J. T. O'Keefe, Jr., U. S. Atty., Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Harry A. Dower, Dower, Huston & Cahn, Allentown, Pa., for appellee.

Before SMITH and FREEDMAN, Circuit Judges, and WORTENDYKE, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

This appeal challenges as excessive the fee awarded to the attorney for the receiver and trustee in bankruptcy. The petition in bankruptcy was filed November 12, 1963. At the final meeting of creditors held on September 2, 1965, $39,558.96 was available for distribution. An attorney's fee of $20,000 or 50.6 per cent of this amount was requested. Claims of creditors were in excess of $900,000.1

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