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ARENS v. BOUGHTON

No. 93-0429.

176 B.R. 781 (1993)

John F. ARENS v. Al BOUGHTON, Trustee, et al.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Alexandria Division.

October 5, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Arens, Arens Law Firm, Fayetteville, AR, pro se.

E. Lamar Pettus, Fayetteville, AR, for appellant John F. Arens.

T. Brett Brunson, Luster Conine & Brunson, Natchitoches, LA, for appellee Al Boughton, Trustee.

Robert L. Royer, Alexandria, LA, for appellees John T. Batten, Jr., Daisy M. Prudhomme, and Kathleen Prudhomme Batten.

Kenneth David McCoy, Jr., McCoy Hawthorne & Roberts, Natchitoches, LA, for appellee Farm Credit Bank of Texas.

Fran H. Strange, U.S. Trustee's Office, Shreveport, LA, for appellees Victoria E. Young, U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee, and William E. O'Connor, Asst. U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee.

DECISION

LITTLE, District Judge.

John F. Arens appeals the judgment of the United States Bankruptcy Court ordering disgorgement of a $75,000 attorneys' fees retainer paid to Arens by the debtors, Daisy Prudhomme and Mr. and Mrs. John Batten. For the reasons that follow, this court affirms the bankruptcy court's directive.

I.

In February 1990, the Battens and Miss Prudhomme (collectively, the "debtors")1

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