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MATTES v. CHAIRMAN VIETNAMESE COMMANDOS COMP.

No. 98-5797.

173 F.3d 817 (1999)

John C. MATTES, individually, and as trustee and personal representative of the Lost Army Commandos, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHAIRMAN VIETNAMESE COMMANDOS COMPENSATION COMMISSION, Carl F. Witschonke, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense, Francis M. Rush, Jr., United States of America, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Bondy, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Division/Appellate Staff, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellants.

Scott A. Eash, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before MARCUS, Circuit Judge, HILL, Senior Circuit Judge, and ADAMS, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

The Commandos Compensation Act (Act), Pub.L. No. 104-201 § 657, 110 Stat. 2422, 2584 (1996)1, was enacted by Congress as a special compensation program for certain Vietnamese nationals (commandos) and their survivors.2 Although § 657(i)3 of the Act limits attorneys' fees to ten percent (10%), and § 657(f)

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