IN RE KLINE

No. 16086-T.

429 F.Supp. 1025 (1977)

In re Joel KLINE, Bankrupt. UNITED STATES of America, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Appellant, v. Eugene M. FEINBLATT, Trustee, Appellee.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

April 25, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jervis S. Finney, U. S. Atty., Daniel M. Clements, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., and Marc E. Albert, Trial Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Julian I. Jacobs, Lawrence D. Coppel and Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, Baltimore, Md., for appellee.


THOMSEN, Senior District Judge.

The trustee in bankruptcy seeks an order awarding him, as the prevailing party in his controversy with the Internal Revenue Service herein, an attorney's fee in the amount of $20,000 as part of the costs payable by the Government. He relies upon 42 U.S.C. 1988, as amended, Act of Oct. 19, 1976, Pub.L.No.94-559, § 2, 90 Stat. 2641, which provides in pertinent part: "In any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of sections...

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