IN RE PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, LLC

No. 09-11204 Sr.

445 B.R. 450 (2010)

In re PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS, LLC, et al., Debtors.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

October 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne M. Aaronson, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Proskauer Rose LLP.

David F. Abernethy, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania.

D. Sam Anderson, Bernstein Shur, Portland, ME, for Stern Partners, Inc.

Michelle Hope Badolato, Brown & Connery LLP, Westmont, NJ, for Brown & Connery, LLP.

Stephen M. Baldini, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY, for The Steering Committee of Secured Creditors.

James A. Bell, Bell & Bell LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Emmaline Armstrong.

Gerald C. Bender, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

Thomas Daniel Bielli, Ciardi Ciardi & Astin, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Realty Associates Keystone Industrial Portfolio IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Sabrina Thomas.

John Robert Bielski, Willig Williams & Davidson, Philadelphia, PA, for International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 648.

Ralph P. Bocchino, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggi, Philadelphia, PA, for Northeast Times Newsweekly.

Barry E. Bressler, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Arlin M. Adams.

Jeffrey M. Carbino, Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Swope Cleanup Committee.

Michael A. Cataldo, Cibik & Cataldo, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Linda Gillespie.

Neal D. Colton, Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, for Stern Partners, Inc.

George M. Conway, U.S. Trustee, Philadelphia, PA, for U.S. Trustee.

Brad Cooper, Cooper & Schaffer LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for Bobbie Clarke.

Richard J. Corbi, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY, for Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC.

J. Conor Corcoran, Law Office of J. Conor Corcoran, Philadelphia, PA, for R. Bradley Maule.

Maire Corcoran, Bernstein Shur, Portland, ME, for Stern Partners, Inc.

Dawn M. Costa, Kent Cprek, Jennings Sigmond PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Carpenters Pension and Annuity Fund of Phila.

William Edward Craig, Morton & Craig, Moorestown, NJ, for Eastern Lift Truck Co., Inc.

Douglas N. Candeub, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE, for The McClatchy Co.

Ronald Lee Daugherty, Salmon Ricchezza Singer & Turchi LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Emmaline Armstrong.

David A Deflece, Lamm Rubenstone LLC, Trevose, PA, for Key Equipment Finance, Inc.

Edward J. Didonato, Fox Rothschild LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Upper Merion Area School Dist., Bernard W. Smalley.

Joseph Digiovanni, Kleeman & Diovanni, Philadelphia, PA, for Christopher Baxter.

Allen B. Dubroff, Jenkintown, PA, for Lawrence Mendte.

John M. Elliott, Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski PC, Blue Bell, PA, for Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC.

Wayne A. Ely, Timothy M. Kolman and Associates, Penndel, PA, for Myra Belle Miller.

Michael Fagone, Bernstein Shur, Portland, ME, for Stern Partners, Inc.

John K. Fiorillo, West Chester, PA, for Hanmar Associates.

Andrew Jay Flame, Drinker Biddle Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE, for Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, as Agent, Steering Group of Prepetition Secured Lenders, Philadelphia Media Network Inc.

Donald Goodfriend Frankel, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Newton, MA, for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Alexis Freeman, Fred S. Hodara, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY, for The Steering Committee of Secured Creditors.

Ian S. Fredericks, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE, for Philly Papers LLC.

Alan F. Galerman, Galerman & Tabakin LLP, Jenkintown, PA, for Crystal Williams.

David A. Gaudioso, Meranze & Katz, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Newspaper & Magazine Employees Union and Philadelphia Publishers Pension Fund, Newspaper & Magazine Employees Union, Local 1414, Graphic Communications Council, Local 16-N.

Joseph T. Gauthier, UNICOM Systems, Inc., Mission Hills, CA, for Macro 4, Inc.

Ronald S. Gellert, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

Edmond M. George, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Charter School Management, Inc.

Neal Goldstein, Freedman and Lorry, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for United Independent Union-Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia Pension Fund.

Helen Heifets, Bazefon Lee & Feldman PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Ace American Ins. Co.

Geoffrey R. Johnson, Sprague & Sprague, Philadelphia, PA, for Robert A. Brady, John J. Dougherty.

Jeremy R. Johnson, DLA Piper LLP, New York, NY, for Sonenshine Partners LLC.

Russell R. Johnson, III, Manakin-Sabot, VA, for PECO Energy Co.

Dana P. Kane c/o Liquidity Solutions, Inc., Hackensack, NJ, for Liquidity Solutions, Inc.

Andrew Charles Kassner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Philadelphia Media Network Inc.

Robert J. Reach, Bernstein Shur, Portland, ME, for Stern Partners, Inc.

Brya M. Keilson, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, J. Scott Victor, The Liquidation Trustee of The PN Chapter 11 Estate Liquidating Trust.

Maxwell S. Kennerly, The Beasley Firm, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for 401 Restaurant Associates, LLC, Richard A. Sprague, Joan Krajewski, James W. Robinson, Jr.

John C. Kilgannon, Stevens & Lee, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for PECO Energy Co., Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity.

Denise A. Kuhn, Office of Attorney General, Philadelphia, PA, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Revenue.

Greg T. Kupniewski, Flaster Greenberg PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Chester Community Charter School.

Jeffrey Kurtzman, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Callowhill Partners, LLC, as agent for BET Associates, LLC.

Richard J. Kwasny, Kwasny Reilly Haft & Sacco, Yardley, PA, for Audobon News Agency, LLC, Timothy Howe.

Michael H. Landis, Smolow & Landis, Trevose, PA, for Lincoln Kor Center Joint Venture.

Jay M. Leffler, Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer & Toddy, Philadelphia, PA, for Maurice Johnson.

John P. Leon, Subranni Zauber LLC, Atlantic City, NJ, for SAP America, Inc.

Joel H. Levitin, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY, for White Birch Paper Co.

James L. Linsey, Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP, New York, NY, for Communication Workers of America/The Newspaper Guild Local 38010, AFL-CIO, Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia-CWA Local 38010.

Ben H. Logan, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

William J. Maffucci, Semanoff Ormsby Greenberg & Torchia LLC, Huntingdon Valley, PA, for Colwick Venture, LLC.

Michael A. Maricco, Pension Benefit Guar. Corp. Office of the Chief Counsel, Washington, DC, for Pension Benefit Guar. Corp.

Gerard J. Martillotti, Jerry Martillotti & Associates, Philadelphia, PA, for Harriet Hueitt.

Shanna McCann, Chance & McCann LLC, Woodstown, NJ, for' Nora Fleischner.

Daniel T. McGrory, Pizonka, Reilley, Bello & McGrory, P.C., King of Prussia, PA, for Upper Merion Township.

Melanie McLaughlin, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

Lawrence G. McMichael, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC, Dilworth Paxson LLP.

Vincent Melchiorre, Philadelphia, PA, for Linda Gillespie.

Michael G. Menkowitz, Fox, Rothschild, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Delage Landen Financial Services.

Michael T. Mervis, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY, for Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC.

Allison E. Meyer, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY, for Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC.

Robert S. Miller, Wapner Newman Wigrizer Brecher & Miller, Philadelphia, PA, for Marlene A. Anderson.

Gregory Milmoe, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher&Flom LLP c/o Davis Lee Wright, Wilmington, DE, for Rayco, LLC.

Adrian J. Moody, Moody & Shields Group LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for James M. DeLeon.

Susan A. Murray, Freedman & Lorry PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia-CWA Local 38010, United Independent Union-Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia Pension Fund, Newspaper & Magazine Employees Union and Philadelphia Publishers Pension Fund.

Vicente Matias Murrell, Office of the Chief Counsel, Washington, DC, for Pension Benefit Guar. Corp.

Michelle McMahon, Bryan Cave LLP, New York, NY, for CWA/ITV Negotiated Pension Plan.

Claiborne S. Newlin, Meranze and Katz, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Graphic Communications Conference, Local 14-M.

Orly Nhaissi, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

Lauren M. Nonnemacher, DLA Piper LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for The Associated Press.

Catherine Glenn Pappas, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC.

Paul J. Pascuzzi, Felderstein, Fitzgerald, Willoughby & Pascuzzi LLP, Sacramento, CA, for The McClatchy Co.

Andrea B. Paul, Harper & Paul, Philadelphia, PA, for Mike Bruton.

Mark D. Pfeiffer, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Swope Cleanup Committee.

Robyn F. Pollack, Saul Ewing LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for PA-1601 Market Street Limited Partnership.

Paul V. Possinger, Proskauer Rose, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC.

Abid Qureshi, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY, for The Steering Committee of Secured Creditors.

Natalie D. Ramsey, Montgomery McCracken Walker and Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for CWA/ITU Negotiated Pension Plan.

Thomas W. Repczynski, Bean Kinney & Korman, P.C., Alexandria, VA, for Graphic Communications Holdings, Inc.

Deirdre M. Richards, Lamm Rubenstone LLC, Trevose, PA, for Key Equipment Finance, Inc.

Paul R. Rosen, Spector Gadon & Rosen, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Alycia Lane.

Bruce Michael Rotfeld, Bruce M. Rotfeld P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Robert Swanlund.

Amy L. Santamaria, Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein PC, Cherry Hill, NJ, for Cherry Umbrella, LLC, by its Property Manager, Endurance Real Estate Group, LLC.

Gary M. Schildhorn, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

Mark J. Schwemler, Elliott Greenleaf & Siedzikowski PC, Blue Bell, PA, for Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC.

Sergio I. Scuteri, Capehart Scatchard, P.A., Mount Laurel, NJ, for Moon Site Management.

Linda M. Shick, Naftulin and Shick PC, Doylestown, PA, for Brenna Millward.

William A. Slaughter, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA, for William A. Graham.

Holly Elizabeth Smith, Ciardi Ciardi & Astin, Philadelphia, PAfor Inserts East, Inc., Realty Associates Keystone Industrial Portfolio IV, L.P.

Jeffrey W. Soderberg, Mandracchia & McWhirk LLC, Skippack, PA, for 2571 Associates, LP.

Alan Starker, Kats van der Veen Baccari & Associates, Feasterville, PA, for Eugenia Gross.

Brad S. Tabakin, Galerman & Tabakin LLP, Jenkintown, PA, for Crystal Williams.

Jennifer M. Taylor, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.

Mark K. Thomas, Proskauer Rose LLP, Chicago, IL, for Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC.

Prince Altee Thomas, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Philadelphia, PA, for Graphic Communications Holdings, Inc.

Holly C. Thurman, Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, Pittsburgh, PA, for General Electric Commercial Finance.

Robert Thomas Vance, Jr., Law Offices of Robert T. Vance Jr., Philadelphia, PA, for Gari Nan Brindle.

Nina M. Varughese, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Philadelphia Media Network Inc.

Nancy A. Walker, McNeill & Walker, Philadelphia, PA, for Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia-CWA Local 38010.

Robert A. Weber, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE, for Philly Papers LLC.

Stephanie Wickouski, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, New York, NY, for Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, as Agent.

Lawrence R. Woehrle, Sprague & Sprague, Philadelphia, PA, for Richard A. Sprague.

Davis Lee Wright, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE, for Rayco, LLC.

Mark G. Yoder, Bingaman, Hess, Coblentz and Bell, P.C., Wyomissing, PA, for Suburban Management Co., Inc.


OPINION

STEPHEN RASLAVICH, Chief Judge.

Introduction

Before the Court is the Administrative Claim Request of Bruce Toll Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 503(a) and (b) (the "Claim"). Toll seeks the allowance of an administrative claim in the amount of $65,947.34 for attorneys' fees and costs. The Acting United States Trustee (the "Trustee") and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the "Committee") filed objections ("Objections") to...

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