Lutheran Hospitals and Homes Society of America v. Charles M. Duecy, Lutheran Hospitals and Homes Society of America v. Joseph U. Cracchiolo, Referee and Special Master

422 F.2d 200 LUTHERAN HOSPITALS AND HOMES SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Appellant, v. Charles M. DUECY, Appellee. LUTHERAN HOSPITALS AND HOMES SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Appellant, v. Joseph U. CRACCHIOLO, Referee and Special Master, Appellee. Nos. 22844, 22931. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Jan. 21, 1970. Donald D. Meyers (argued), Phoenix, Ariz., Herman Weiss (argued), of Hjellum, Weiss, Nerison, & Jukkala, Jamestown, N.D., for appellant. Daniel T. Bergin (argued), Robert H. Carlyn, of Fennemore, Craig, Von Ammon & Udall, Richard C. Gormley, Asst. U.S. Atty., Edward E. Davis, U.S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., for appellees. Before MERRILL, KOELSCH and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges. DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge: 1 In these appeals appellant attacks the compensation allowed to the trustee's attorney and to the referee's salary and expense fund for services of the referee-special master in a Chapter X Bankruptcy Proceeding. The applicable statute is 11 U.S.C. 641 which authorizes the court to allow 'reasonable compensation for services rendered * * * in a proceeding under this chapter.' Thus the standard is reasonableness, and in applying it the trial court is necessarily vested with a…