GAUTREAUX v. CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 81-2223.

690 F.2d 601 (1982)

Dorothy GAUTREAUX, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick W. O'Brien, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Robert J. Vollen, Business & Professional People for the Public Interest, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, DAVIS, Associate Judge, and PELL, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 1, 1982.

CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

This appeal is a byproduct of the celebrated Gautreaux case, whose complexities and history are summarized in Gautreaux v. Landrieu, 523 F.Supp. 665, 667-669 (N.D.Ill.1981). The issue here is relatively narrow: the propriety of an interim award of attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. §...

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