IN RE HILLSBOROUGH HOLDINGS CORP.

No. 96-2605.

127 F.3d 1398 (1997)

In re HILLSBOROUGH HOLDINGS CORP., et al., Debtors. STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN; Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hayes & Handler, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HILLSBOROUGH HOLDINGS CORP., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Pollack, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Miami, FL, Andrew A. Kress, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, LLP, New York City, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Scott A. Stichter, Tampa, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CARNES, Circuit Judge, and CLARK and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.


CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge:

This case concerns a bankruptcy court's refusal under 11 U.S.C. § 330(a)(2) to reimburse two law firms for certain categories of expenses the firms incurred in their work on a bankruptcy case because the court believed that the expenses of these generic types were part of a firm's "overhead" and were already built into its hourly billing rates.

I. Background

Hillsborough Holdings Corporation and thirty...

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