Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Baddock v. American Benefit Life Insurance

52 L. Ed. 2d 388

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1977-05-02
Topic
general

deciding Title III based habeas claims without considering the Fourth Amendment or the constraints of Stone | applying the Johnson factors to the analysis of fee awards in bankruptcy cases | "the bankruptcy judge ... should award an amount which is 'at the lower end of the spectrum of reasonableness' " | attorney seeking compensation should file statement reciting hours worked and describing how each of those hours was spent | “the bankruptcy judge ... should award an amount which is ‘at the lower end of the spectrum of reasonableness’ ” | where petition for an award of fees was not sufficiently detailed, bankruptcy court had a duty to conduct evidentiary hearing and assess the value of the services provided | The decisions of the Fifth Circuit before September 30, 1981, are binding precedent on the Courts of the Eleventh Circuit. Bonner v. City of Prichard, 661 F.2d 1206, 1207 (11th Cir.1981) | involving a § 1983 claim for damages to a corporation | Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C. §§ 205, 641, 643, 644 | legislatively overruled on other grounds

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.