SHAREHOLDERS v. SOUND RADIO, INC.

No. 95-5174.

109 F.3d 873 (1997)

SHAREHOLDERS; Sheridan Broadcasting Corp., v. SOUND RADIO, INC. ta WNJR, Radio 1430; Daniel E. Robinson; Jerome J. La Penna, Esq. Sound Radio, Inc. t/a WNJR Radio, 1430, Debtor. SHERIDAN BROADCASTING CORP., v. SOUND RADIO, INC.; Jerome J. La Penna. Sound Radio, Inc., Debtor. Jerome J. LaPenna & Associates, P.C., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Heher, Jr. (Argued) Heher, Clarke & St. Landau, Princeton, NJ, for Appellee Shareholders.

Sherry A. Vetterlein (Argued), Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corporation, Philadelphia, PA, for Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation.

John C. Kennedy (Argued), O'Donnell, Kennedy, Vespole, Piechta & Trifiolis, West Orange, NJ, for Jerome J. LaPenna & Associates, P.C.

Before: SCIRICA and ROTH, Circuit Judges and O'Neill, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROTH, Circuit Judge:

Jerome J. LaPenna asks us to review a decision of the district court, reducing substantial fee awards granted him by the bankruptcy court in a protracted Chapter 11 proceeding. LaPenna was the beneficiary of more than $600,000 in fees, awarded for his services in the three capacities in which he acted during the Chapter 11 reorganization of Sound Radio, Inc. The district court found that the total amount of the fees...

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