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DALY v. HILL

No. 84-1715.

790 F.2d 1071 (1986)

George DALY, Nicholas Street and David Layton, Appellants, Margaret Suzanne Starnes, Appellee, v. Charles Vernon HILL; Ralph Eugene Miller; James Michael Neff; Paul Douglas; Johnny Wayne Wagner; Charles L. Waldrep and Gaston County, North Carolina, Appellees. In re Margaret Suzanne STARNES, Plaintiff, v. Charles Vernon HILL; Ralph Eugene Miller; James Michael Neff; Paul Douglas; Johnny Wayne Wagner; Charles L. Waldrep and Gaston County, North Carolina, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Wilder (George Daly, Charlotte, N.C., on brief) for appellants.

Frank B. Aycock, Charlotte, N.C., (Margaret Suzanne Starnes, pro se, on brief), for appellees.

Before RUSSELL and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and KELLAM, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order awarding attorney's fees to the plaintiff in a § 1983 police brutality case, 589 F.Supp. 341 (W.D.N.C.1984). George Daly and Nicholas Street brought this action on behalf of Margaret Suzanne Starnes against Gaston County police officers and Gaston County, North Carolina. Starnes agreed to pay her attorneys a 25% contingency fee. The case settled before trial, resulting...

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