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IN RE MERONK

BAP No. CC-99-1628-KDB. Bankruptcy No. ND-96-14851RR.

249 B.R. 208 (2000)

In re Frank MERONK, Jr. and Evelyn J. Meronk, Debtors. Frank Meronk, Jr. and Evelyn J. Meronk, Appellants, v. Arter & Hadden, LLP, Appellee.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 25, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Hinshaw, Michaelson, Susi & Michaelson, Santa Barbara, CA, for Frank Meronk, Jr. and Evelyn Meronk.

Michael S. Kogan, Trustee, Arter & Hadden, Los Angeles, CA, pro se Appellee.

Before: KLEIN, DUNN, and BRANDT, Bankruptcy Judges.

OPINION

KLEIN, Bankruptcy Judge.

This is a tale of individuals who were bankrupted by construction litigation involving a home that turned from dream to nightmare. The debtors, after the trustee settled the lawsuit for enough to pay all creditors in full but not enough to salvage one-third of their own losses, appeal from yet another blow: taking $50,000 from their recoupment to pay trustee's counsel a bonus in addition to counsel's full hourly...

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