United States Fifth Circuit

In an appeal arising in bankruptcy proceedings, judgment awarding attorney's fees to appellant-law firm is affirmed where there was no abuse of discretion in awarding attorney's fees at half the hourly rate for time spent traveling but not working, as opposed to the full hourly rate.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/01/2008
• Published 05/01/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Elihu Inselbuch, Rita C. Tobin, Caplin & Drysdale Chartered, New York City, Dennis M. LaBorde, Baldwin, Haspel, Burke & Mayer, LLC, New Orleans, LA, Nathan David Finch, Leslie Margaret Kelleher, Caplin & Drysdale Chartered, Washington, DC, for Appellant., Jan M. Hayden, Greta Manning Brouphy, Heller, Draper, Hayden, Patrick & Horn, New Orleans, LA, for Babcock & Wilcox Co. and Diamond Power Intern., Inc., Eric Kempton Bradford, Office of U.S. Trustee, Boston, MA, Robert Gravolet, Office of U.S. Trustee, New Orleans, LA, for U.S. Trustee.


• For Appellees:
  
• William E. Steffes, Steffes, Vingiello & McKenzie, Baton Rouge, LA, for Appellee.