9 Collier bankr.cas.2d 699, Bankr. L. Rep. P 69,435 in Re Alexis M. Yermakov, Dba, Westerly Stud Farms, Debtor. Alexis M. Yermakov, Dba, Westerly Stud Farms v. Edward R. Fitzsimmons and Richard P. Weldon
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718 F.2d 1465 9 Collier Bankr.Cas.2d 699 , Bankr. L. Rep. P 69,435 In re Alexis M. YERMAKOV, dba, Westerly Stud Farms, Debtor. Alexis M. YERMAKOV, dba, Westerly Stud Farms, Appellant, v. Edward R. FITZSIMMONS and Richard P. Weldon, Appellees. No. 82-5376. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 2, 1982. Withdrawn from Submission June 21, 1983. Resubmitted Oct. 25, 1983. Decided Oct. 25, 1983. Rauer L. Meyer, Bushkin, Kopelson, Gaims & Gaines, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant. Merle C. Meyers, San Francisco, Cal., C. Douglas Wikle, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellees. Appeal from the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit. Before FLETCHER, NELSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 This is an appeal from a decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel that reversed the bankruptcy court's interpretation of the proper basis for computing the compensation to be awarded under 11 U.S.C. Sec. 330 to a debtor's attorney. The Panel ruled that Fitzsimmons, formerly attorney for the Yermakovs, who are debtors in a bankruptcy proceeding, could recover under section 330 the fee provided in a contingency fee contract…