Legal Opinion
Clyde L. SISCO, Appellant, v. J.S. ALBERICI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 24, 1984No. 83-1757PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 fee and held that the contract fixed the upper limit of fees that it could award. The Court also found that $12,000 was a reasonable fee, and Sisco appeals that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Clyde L. SISCO, Appellant, v. J. S. ALBERICI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Cooper v. SingerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
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