Opinion ID: 4520131
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Text: This case presents the interpretation of a contingent fee for legal services between the City of Falls City, Nebraska (Falls City), and two law firms—Houghton Bradford Whitted, PC, LLO, and Weaver & Merz, a partnership. The district court concluded that no fees were due under the agreement or on the firms’ equitable claim and accordingly dismissed the actions. The law firms and DH-1, LLC, the organization to which the firms had assigned their rights under the fee agreement, appealed. We refer to the law firms and DH-1 collectively as “the firms.” We affirm. - 25 - Nebraska Supreme Court Advance Sheets 305 Nebraska Reports DH-1, LLC v. CITY OF FALLS CITY Cite as 305 Neb. 23