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KIRCHOFF v. FLYNN

No. 85-2187.

786 F.2d 320 (1986)

Anita KIRCHOFF and William Kirchoff, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Michael FLYNN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Stein, Singer & Stein, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Maureen Kelly Ivory, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Arrested for feeding the pigeons and walking her dogs in the park, Anita Kirchoff recovered $25,000 from the police. The defendants gave up, but Kirchoff's lawyers did not. They wanted some $50,000 in fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The district court gave them $10,000 on the ground that their contingent fee contract with the Kirchoffs entitled them to 40% of any award. The case requires us to decide whether the contingent fee is the...

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