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IN RE WHITLEY

No. 12-41125.

737 F.3d 980 (2013)

In the Matter of James Glen WHITLEY, doing business as Whitley Properties, doing business as Edna Housing, doing business as Whitley Ranch Seed Company, Debtor. Reese W. Baker; Baker & Associates, Appellants v. Trustee Lowell T. Cage, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 16, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Gray Burks, IV, Esq. , Shapiro Schwartz, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Reese Walker Baker, Esq. , Baker & Associates, Houston, TX, for Appellants.

Timothy L. Wentworth , Cage, Hill & Niehaus, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, OWEN, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:

A bankruptcy judge may regulate attorney compensation by ordering debtor's counsel to return to the estate excessive compensation. 11 U.S.C. § 329(b).1 Separately, a bankruptcy judge has authority to discipline attorneys who violate the disclosure requirements of the Bankruptcy Code and Rules. Arens v. Boughton (In re Prudhomme), 43 F.3d 1000, 1003 (5th Cir.1995)....

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