IN RE DOMINELLI

No. 85-6051.

788 F.2d 584 (1986)

In re J. David DOMINELLI, et al., Debtors. OFFICIAL CREDITORS' COMMITTEE, Appellant, v. Louis METZGER, Trustee, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Waldman, San Diego, Cal., for appellant.

Kendall J. Newman, Frederick P. Wirtz, Bennett L. Silverman, Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, San Diego, Cal., for appellees.

Before HUG, NORRIS, and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.


HUG, Circuit Judge:

The primary issue presented on appeal is a narrow one. We are called upon to decide whether a bankruptcy court is authorized, in a Chapter 7 proceeding, to obligate debtor estates for the legal expenses incurred by a creditors' committee. We affirm the district court's order holding that such expenses are not authorized.

I.

Involuntary petitions were filed on February 13, 1984 against the above-captioned debtors. On May 8, 1984...

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