U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Summitbridge Nat'l Invs. III, LLC v. Faison
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- Opinion
- Filed
- Feb. 8, 2019
- Case
- Summitbridge Nat'l Invs. III, LLC v. Faison
- Case status
- Decided
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PAMELA HARRIS, Circuit Judge: The question in this appeal is whether the Bankruptcy Code bars a creditor from asserting an unsecured claim for attorneys' fees, if those fees are incurred after the filing of a bankruptcy petition but guaranteed by a pre-petition contract. We join other federal courts of appeals in holding that the Code does not preclude such claims. Accordingly, we rever…
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