My contact names wont display in iMessage

when i receive iMessages from a specific person  who has iOS5 his contact name is not displayed? but he is on my contact list. WHY?

Take a look at this post:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3460726
The comment about deleting the verizon contact backup worked instantly for me.  I think there is an issue with icloud and verizon both trying to backup contacts.  All I did was delete the verizon data back-up and it worked.

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