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HOFFERT v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 81-1002 Summary Calendar.

656 F.2d 161 (1981)

Thomas M. HOFFERT, Individually and as next friend of John Thomas Hoffert, A Defendant Minor, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant. COCHRANE & BRESNAHAN, P.A., Appellants, v. Russell B. SMITH, Guardian Ad Litem, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cochrane & Bresnahan, P.A., pro se., John A. Cochrane, St. Paul, Minn., for appellants.

Russell B. Smith, Dallas, Tex., Court-appointed, for appellee.

Before CHARLES CLARK, RUBIN and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 13, 1981.

CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The controversy in this case is over contingent attorneys' fees recoverable from the proceeds of a settlement and judgment in favor of Colonel Thomas M. Hoffert and his minor son, John Thomas Hoffert. Cochrane & Bresnahan, P.A., the law firm representing the plaintiffs, appeals from an order of the district court reducing the firm's fees from one-third to one-fifth for...

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