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MATTER OF LAWLER

No. 85-1684.

807 F.2d 1207 (1987)

In the Matter of H. Roger LAWLER, et al., Debtor. H. Roger LAWLER d/b/a Lawler Cattle Co., Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. Vernon O. TEOFAN, et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellee,

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Opinion on Denial of Rehearing February 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thad Grundy, Timothy T. Read, Houston, Tex., Craig R. Goodrum, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant cross-appellee.

Thomas B. Anderson, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for Teofan & Horton.

Before THORNBERRY, JOHNSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is lodged by H. Roger Lawler, a debtor in bankruptcy. He claims that an award in bankruptcy of $1,950,865 in attorneys' fees to Richard W. Horton and Vernon O. Teofan is too high. Horton and Teofan are cross-appealing the amount of the award as inadequate.

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This dispute over attorneys' fees is the latest, and hopefully the last, disagreement in a series of controversies which have occupied...

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