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IN RE DELTA PRODUCE, L.P.

Nos. 14-51079, 14-51080.

817 F.3d 141 (2016)

In the Matter of DELTA PRODUCE, L.P.; Staci Properties, Limited, Debtors. Kingdom Fresh Produce, Incorporated; I. Kunik Company, Incorporated; Five Brothers Jalisco Produce Company, Incorporated, doing business as Bonanza 2001; Rio Bravo Produce, Limited Company, L.L.C.; G.R. Produce, Incorporated, Appellees Cross-Appellants, v. Stokes Law Office, L.L.P., Appellant Cross-Appellee In the Matter of Delta Produce, L.P.; Superior Tomato-Avocado, Limited; Atled, Limited; Staci Properties, Limited, Debtors. Kingdom Fresh Produce, Incorporated; I. Kunik Company, Incorporated; Five Brothers Jalisco Produce Company, Incorporated, doing business as 300 Bonanza 2001; Rio Bravo Produce, Limited Company, L.L.C.; G.R. Produce, Incorporated, Appellees, v. Stokes Law Office, L.L.P., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 11, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael John Keaton , Attorney, Keaton Law Firm, P.C., Deerfield, IL, for Appellees Cross-Appellants.

Maurleen Worley Cobb , Craig Alan Stokes , Stokes Law Office, L.L.P., San Antonio, TX, Bartholomew M. Botta , Rynn & Janowslky, L.L.P., Newport Beach, CA, Mark Charles Hewitt Mandell, Annandale, NJ, for Appellant Cross-Appellee.

Before REAVLEY, PRADO, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

This attorney's fee dispute has its roots in the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), a Depression-era statute designed to protect sellers of perishable produce from delinquent purchasers. Two such purchasers filed for bankruptcy and the bankruptcy court appointed special counsel to collect and disburse funds...

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