Reuben Palmer v. City of Chicago

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1987-01-14

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. The City of Chicago has appealed from an order that it pay $113,000 in interim attorney’s fees to the plaintiffs in this civil rights case. The award of fees was made under the authority of 42 U.S.C. § 1988 , which authorizes the award of reasonable attorney’s fees to “prev…

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