Unsecured Creditors' Committee v. Puget Sound Plywood, Inc.

924 F.2d 955 59 USLW 2543 , 24 Collier Bankr.Cas.2d 1147 , Bankr. L. Rep. P 73,806 UNSECURED CREDITORS' COMMITTEE; Leon A. Uziel, Creditors-Appellants, v. PUGET SOUND PLYWOOD, INC., fdba Soundbilt Plywood Sales, Debtor, and Puget Sound Plywood, Inc., Debtor-Appellee. No. 90-35296. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted November 8, 1990. * Decided Jan. 31, 1991. Marc S. Stern, Seattle, Wash., for creditors-appellants. Edwin K. Sato, Shulkin, Hutton & Bucknell, Seattle, Wash., for debtor-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before FLETCHER, FARRIS and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge: 1 Leon A. Uziel, attorney for the Unsecured Creditors' Committee (Committee) in Puget Sound Plywood's (PSP) Chapter 11 case, appeals the district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's order of attorneys' fees. The bankruptcy court awarded Uziel $7,172.63 of the $21,465.00 requested in his fifth fee application. We affirm. BACKGROUND 2 On October 20, 1988, Uziel, counsel for the Committee since April 1985, filed his fifth fee application with the bankruptcy court. He requested $21,465.00 in fees and…