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MATTER OF TONRY

No. 83-3490 Summary Calendar.

724 F.2d 467 (1984)

In the Matter of Richard A. TONRY and Irene Juneau Tonry, Debtors. Richard A. TONRY and Irene Juneau Tonry, Defendants-Appellees, v. Jean O. HEBERT, Trustee in Bankruptcy, Plaintiff-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Clegg Strong, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Merrill T. Landwehr, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEE, POLITZ and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

The trustee in bankruptcy appeals a ruling declaring that an attorney's contingent fee contracts are not part of the bankruptcy estate. Concluding that such fee arrangements are nonassumable executory contracts, we affirm.

Richard A. Tonry, a Louisiana attorney, and his wife Irene J. Tonry filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy seeking relief under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S...

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