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IN RE BABCOCK & WILCOX CO.

No. 07-30377.

526 F.3d 824 (2008)

In The Matter Of: BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY, Debtor. Caplin & Drysdale Chartered, Appellant, v. Babcock & Wilcox Company; Diamond Power International, Inc.; U.S. Trustee; Unsecured Creditors' Committee, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 1, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elihu Inselbuch, Rita C. Tobin, Caplin & Drysdale Chartered, New York City, Dennis M. LaBorde, Baldwin, Haspel, Burke & Mayer, LLC, New Orleans, LA, Nathan David Finch, Leslie Margaret Kelleher, Caplin & Drysdale Chartered, Washington, DC, for Appellant.

Jan M. Hayden, Greta Manning Brouphy, Heller, Draper, Hayden, Patrick & Horn, New Orleans, LA, for Babcock & Wilcox Co. and Diamond Power Intern., Inc.

Eric Kempton Bradford, Office of U.S. Trustee, Boston, MA, Robert Gravolet, Office of U.S. Trustee, New Orleans, LA, for U.S. Trustee.

William E. Steffes, Steffes, Vingiello & McKenzie, Baton Rouge, LA, for Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal stems from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filed in the Eastern District of Louisiana. The sole issue on appeal is whether the bankruptcy judge abused its discretion in awarding attorney's fees at half the hourly rate for time spent traveling but not working. Finding no abuse of discretion, we AFFIRM.

I. BACKGROUND

During the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding involving The Babcock & Wilcox Company, the bankruptcy court approved...

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