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SISCO v. J.S. ALBERICI CONST. CO., INC.

No. 83-1757.

733 F.2d 55 (1984)

Clyde L. SISCO, Appellant, v. J.S. ALBERICI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 24, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guilfoil, Petzall & Shoemake, Samuel C. Ebling, Francis G. Slay, Michael W. Newport, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee J.S. Alberici Const. Co., Inc.

Michael J. Hoare, Chackes & Hoare, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Before BRIGHT, McMILLIAN and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Clyde L. Sisco appeals from the District Court's award of attorneys' fees of $12,000 to him as a prevailing party in his civil-rights action against J.S. Alberici Construction Co., 564 F.Supp. 765 (D.C.Mo.1983). He contends that the District Court erred in holding that the fee award should be limited to 40% of his recovery. The District Court read Sisco's contract with his lawyers to provide for a 40% contingent...

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