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*This outline is adapted from Chapter 27, Ethical Responsibilities,
Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice 2d (Thomson-West 2005)
180In re Downs, 103 F.3d 472 (6th Cir. 1996) (retainer from third party to be held in trust in which estate has interest); In re Land, 138 B.R. 66 (D. Neb. 1992), aff'd. without opinion, 994 F.2d 843 (8th Cir. 1993), reported in full, 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 11348 (8th Cir. 1993); In re Land, 116 B.R. 798 (D. Colo. 1990), aff'd, remanded, 943 F.2d 1265 (10th Cir. 1991); In re Hathaway Ranch Partnership, 116 B.R. 208 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1990); In re Boh! Ristorante, Inc., 99 B.R. 971 (9th Cir. BAP 1989); Senior G & A Operating, 97 B.R. 307 (Bankr. W.D. La. 1989); In re Furniture Corp., 34 B.R. 46 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1983).
181Matter of Hargis, 887 F.2d 77 (5th Cir. 1989), modified on rehearing, 895 F.2d 1025 (5th Cir. 1990); Roland v. UNUM Life Ins. Co., 223 B.R. 499 (E.D. Va. 1998). See also JNC Companies v. Meehan, 165 Ariz. 144, 797 P.2d 1 (App. 1990)(bankruptcy court and trustee have no right to limit debtor's choice of criminal counsel).
182In re Printing Dimensions, Inc., 153 B.R. 715 (Bankr. D. Md. 1993); In re Stoecker, 114 B.R. 965 (Bankr. N.D. Del. 1990). See cases cited at note 184.
183 David & Hagner, P.C. v. DHP, Inc., 171 B.R. 429 (D.D.C. 1994) aff'd. 70 F.3d 637 (D.C. Cir. 1995); see In re Engel, 124 F.3d 567 (3d Cir. 1997)(DIP must obtain court approval to retain any attorney, even criminal, regardless of source of compensation); In re W.T. Mayfield Sons Trucking Co., Inc., 225
B.R. 818 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 1998); but see In re Independent Engineering Co., Inc., 232 B.R. 529 (1st Cir. BAP 1999)(must disclose draws against retainer from non-debtor); see In re Metropolitan Environmental, Inc., 293 B.R. 871 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2003) (disclose guaranty even if contingencies to draw on the guaranty have not arisen).
184 In re Independent Engineering Co., Inc., 197 F.3d 13 (1st Cir. 1999).
185In re Big Rivers Elec. Corp., 284 B.R. 580 (W.D. Ky. 2002), aff'd 355 F.3d 415 (6th Cir. 2004).
186 In re Farmland Industries, Inc., 296 B.R. 188 (8th Cir. BAP 2003).
187U.S. Trustee v. Price Waterhouse, 19 F.3d 138 (3d Cir. 1994); In re Pierce, 809 F.2d 1356, 1362-63
(8th Cir. 1987); In re CIC Investment Corp., 175 B.R. 52 (9th Cir. BAP 1994); In re Lackawanna Medical Group, P.C., 323 B.R. 626 (Bankr. M.D. Pa. 2004) (firm did not draw down retainer on filing date to pay for filing preparation work and was not disinterested unless such fees waived); In re LKM Industries, Inc., 252 B.R. 589 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2000); In re Princeton Medical Management, Inc., 249 B.R. 813 (Bankr.
M.D. Fla. 2000); In re Remmen, 222 B.R. 623 (Bankr. D. Neb. 1998); In re Hub Business Forms, Inc., 146
B.R. 315 (Bankr. D. Mass. 1992); In re Siliconix, Inc., 135 B.R. 378 (N.D. Cal. 1991); In re Jaimalito's Cantina Assoc. Ltd. Partnership, 114 B.R. 1 (Bankr. D.C. 1990); In re Tidewater Memorial Hospital, Inc., 110 B.R. 221 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 1989); In re Watson, 94 B.R. 111 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 1988); In re Watervliet Paper Company, Inc., 96 B.R. 768 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 1989); In re Estes, 57 B.R. 158 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1986); In re Boro Recycling, Inc., 67 B.R. 3 (Bankr. E.D. N.Y. 1986).
188In re Guard Force Management, 185 B.R. 656 (Bankr. D. Mass. 1995); In re Tidewater Memorial Hospital, Inc., 110 B.R. 221 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 1989); In re Flying E Ranch Co., 81 B.R. 633 (Bankr. D. Colo. 1988); In re Gray, 64 B.R. 505 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 1986); In re Patterson, 53 B.R. 366 (Bankr. Neb. 1985); In re Roberts, 46 B.R. at 84850; In re Anver Corp., 44 B.R. 615 (Bankr. D. Mass. 1984); In re BET
Genetics, 35 B.R. 269 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. 1983). 189In re Microwave Products of America, Inc., 94 B.R. 971 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 1989); In re Best Western Heritage Inn Partnership, 79 B.R. 736 (Bankr. D. Tenn. 1987); In re Viking Ranches, Inc., 89 B.R. 113 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1988)(amount owed de minimus both in comparison to size of the estate and the professional accounting firm's annual income); In re Tashof, 33 B.R. 225 (Bankr. D. Md. 1983); In re Heatron, Inc., 5 B.R. 703 (Bankr. W.D. Mo. 1980); but see Michel v. Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. (In re Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.), 999 F.2d 969 (6th Cir. 1993)(§ 1107(b) narrowly construed). See In re American Metallurgical Products Co., Inc., 228 B.R. 146, 160 (Bankr. W.D. Pa. 1998)(disclosed claim not deemed
