In Re Thc Financial Corporation

659 F.2d 951 8 Bankr.Ct.Dec. 392 , Bankr. L. Rep. P 68,437 In re THC FINANCIAL CORPORATION, Debtor. CREDITORS' COMMITTEE # 1 and THC Depositors' Association, Appellants, v. J. Carl OSBORNE, Trustee, Tamotsu Tanaka, and Hart, Leavitt & Hunt, Appellees. No. 80-4188. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 10, 1981. Decided Oct. 19, 1981. Rehearing Denied Jan. 14, 1982. Michael P. Stark, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellants. Tamotsu Tanaka, Honolulu, Hawaii, James Feder, Beverly Hills, Cal., Brook Hart, Hart & Wolff, Honolulu, Hawaii, for appellees. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Before SNEED, FLETCHER and POOLE, Circuit Judges. POOLE, Circuit Judge: 1 This is an appeal by the Creditor's Committee of THC Financial Corp., Bankrupt (THC), from orders of the district court awarding additional compensation to two law firms and a bonus to an administrative assistant, all of whom rendered services to the trustee of the estate. Challenged also is the award of 4% in addition to the attorneys' fees to cover the cost of Hawaii's general excise tax, assessed on attorneys practicing in that state. We affirm the award…