Sommerfield v. City of Chicago

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2017-07-12

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WOOD, Chief Judge. After years of protracted litigation, a jury awarded Chicago Police Officer Det-lef Sommerfield $30,000 in his workplace discrimination suit. For his efforts, Som-merfield’s lawyer requested $1.5 million in attorney’s fees, a sum the district court reduced to $430,000. Sommerfield now appeals, challenging the district court’s handling of his case and, in particular, its refusal to grant his attorney the fu…

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