IN RE J.W. KNAPP CO.

No. 90-1116.

930 F.2d 386 (1991)

In re J.W. KNAPP COMPANY, Debtor. UNITED STATES TRUSTEE, Trustee-Appellant, v. PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS & ARTHUR, Trustee-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Joseph Nesius, argued, Asst. U.S. Trustee, Charleston, W.Va. (John E. Waites, U.S. Trustee, Charleston, W.Va., Martha L. Davis, Gen. Counsel, Hugh B. Ward, Jr., Executive Office for U.S. Trustees, Washington, D.C., on brief), for trustee-appellant.

Terri A. Zall, argued, Washington, D.C. (Gordon W. Johnston, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Columbus, Ohio, on brief), for trustee-appellee.

Before SPROUSE, Circuit Judge, DUPREE, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, sitting by designation, and WARD, Senior United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

United States Trustee John Waites appeals the district court's affirmance of a bankruptcy court decision to award compensation to the attorney for the Chapter 7 trustee. The bankruptcy court awarded compensation to J. Ralston Werum, of the law firm Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, for computing distribution, reviewing checks, preparing checks and reviewing and organizing returned checks.

On appeal, Waites contends that both the...

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