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IN RE BODENHEIMER, JONES, SZWAK, & WINCHELL L.L.P.

No. 09-30360.

592 F.3d 664 (2009)

In the Matter of: BODENHEIMER, JONES, SZWAK, & WINCHELL L.L.P., Debtor. David A. Szwak, Appellant, v. Dale C. Earwood; Mary E. Winchell, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 29, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert William Raley (argued), Law Offices of Robert W. Raley, Bossier City, LA, for Szwak.

Randall Stephen Davidson, Julia Elizabeth Blewer (argued), Grant Ernest Summers, Davidson, Jones & Summers, Shreveport, LA, for Earwood.

Bernard S. Johnson, Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway, Shreveport, LA, for Winchell.

Before REAVLEY, CLEMENT and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant David Szwak appeals the district court's order affirming the bankruptcy award to Appellee Dale Earwood of $45,227.53 for his services and expenses as a state-law liquidator and later as a federally superseded custodian of a now-bankrupt law firm. Because the bankruptcy court failed to consider how Earwood's services and expenses met the terms of 11 U.S.C. § 543(a) and benefitted the bankruptcy estate when determining whether...

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