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COOP v. CITY OF SOUTH BEND

No. 80-1029.

635 F.2d 652 (1980)

Bob COOP and Rhonda Coop, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF SOUTH BEND, David Shock and Vincent Laurita, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Masters, Asst. City Atty., South Bend, Ind., for defendants-appellants.

J. David Keckley, South Bend, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BAUER, WOOD and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an award of attorney's fees under the Civil Rights Attorneys Fees Awards Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The jury returned a verdict against defendants-appellants, City of South Bend and South Bend Police Officers Shock and Laurita, in the amount of $510 as compensation for their violation of Bob and Rhonda Coop's Fourth Amendment rights. The district court awarded attorney's fees of $6,000 which appellants contend...

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