WASHINGTON v. SHERWIN REAL ESTATE, INC.

No. 82-1184.

694 F.2d 1081 (1982)

William WASHINGTON and Judy Washington, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SHERWIN REAL ESTATE, INC., an Illinois corporation; Michigan Avenue Bank, an Illinois Banking corporation, U/T # 2056; Sherwin Management, Inc., an Illinois corporation; and Unknown Owners, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Willis Caruso, Leadership for Metropolitan Open Communities, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Joel J. Sprayregen, Aaron, Schimberg, Hess, Rusnak, Deutsch & Gilbert, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before ESCHBACH and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, the Honorable J. Sam Perry presiding. The district court rendered judgment in favor of the defendants in this housing discrimination action after a bench trial in which the plaintiffs Judy and William Washington proceeded pro se. We agree that the district court did not abuse its discretion by allowing the plaintiffs' attorney...

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