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MATTER OF PACIFIC FAR EAST LINE, INC.

No. 78-3633.

654 F.2d 664 (1981)

In the Matter of PACIFIC FAR EAST LINE, INC., Debtor. Joseph M. ALIOTO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OFFICIAL CREDITOR COMMITTEE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon D. Stokes, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Joseph M. Alioto, San Francisco, Cal., pro se.

Before KILKENNY and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and GRAY, District Judge.

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

This case presents certain questions regarding the force and effect of an attorneys' contingency fee contract when there is an intervening arrangement under Chapter XI of the Bankruptcy Act of 1898.1 The bankruptcy court awarded attorneys' fees to the appellee, Joseph M. Alioto, for services rendered to Pacific Far East Line, Inc. [PFEL]. PFEL was the debtor in possession in the arrangement proceeding. Alioto rendered...

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