United States Third Circuit

Bankruptcy court orders granting defendant-mortgagee-bank's motion for an award of attorney's fees and expenses for services rendered relating to a foreclosure are reversed where recovery certain lending agreements at issue merged into a final judgment of foreclosure, and no exception to the merger doctrine applied.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/26/2005
• Decided 01/19/2006
• Published 01/19/2006

Judges

• Before SLOVITER, FISHER, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph M. Cerra (argued), Forman, Holt & Eliades, Rochelle Park, NJ, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tod S. Chasin, Mark S. Lichtenstein (argued), Buchanan Ingersoll, Princeton, NJ, for Appellee.