Louis F. Cavic, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Pioneer Astro Industries, Inc., Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee

TACHA, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a district court decision awarding Louis Cavic unpaid sales commissions, prejudgment and post-judgment interest, and costs, but denying him attorneys’ fees and penalties. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the district court.

On February 1,1974, Cavic agreed to act as manufacturing representative for the predecessor to Pioneer Astro Industries (Pioneer), 1 a custom machining shop. The agreement gave Cavic the “exclusive right to solicit orders” in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas and from specifically listed customers. The agreement further…