Court Opinion

ID: 9481135
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 08:09:19.83762+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:48:07.427982
License: Public Domain

NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I agree with the majority that the official creditors’ committee should be reimbursed for its administrative expenses. I further agree with the majority that the official creditors’ committee can legally be reimbursed and that “the decision as to what participants ... may receive compensation lies in the hands of Congress.”
I write separately to emphasize the judicial duty to act under circumstances such as these where Congress fails to explicitly allow or disallow a specific compensation. The intent of Congress with respect to the plain meaning of the word “including” in section 503(b)(1)(A) is clearly discernible by simply looking to the long standing practice of reimbursing expenses under the old Bankruptcy Act and the floor debate suggesting that the reimbursement continue.
*635As it is the regular business of courts to interpret legislative enactments by looking to the history and congressional intent behind each legislative scheme, I concur in the majority opinion’s conclusion that authorization for reimbursement under section 503(b)(1)(A) “is implied in the overall scheme for reorganization and in the legislative history of the code and its amendments.”