IN RE JOHNSON

No. 71-1309.

479 F.2d 47 (1973)

In the Matter of Nathaniel JOHNSON, Individually and doing business as Johnson's Pharmacy, Bankrupt. John NEEDLES et al., Appellants, v. Nathaniel JOHNSON, Individually and doing business as Johnson's Pharmacy, and Francis O. Drummond, Trustee, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 23, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandor T. Boxer (argued), Hal L. Coskey, G. Merle Bergman of Coskey & Coskey, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants.

Hubert F. Laugharn (argued), Robert A. Fisher of Craig, Weller & Laugharn, Weinstein, Saltz & Ruffner, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellees.

Before ELY and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and TURRENTINE, District Judge.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

This appeal raises the question of whether a claim for attorneys' fees was properly disallowed. The attorneys represented a creditors' committee. The proceedings originated under Chapter XI of the Bankruptcy Act, but when an Amended Plan of Arrangement presented by the debtor was eventually disapproved, the Chapter XI proceedings were dismissed and the debtor was adjudicated a bankrupt. The attorneys for the creditors' committee then...

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