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CAPUTO v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 82-500.

113 Ill. App.3d 45 (1983)

446 N.E.2d 1240

JOSEPH D. CAPUTO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed March 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Peter Dowd, of Jacobs, Burns, Sugarman & Orlove, of Chicago, for appellant.

Stanley Garber, Corporation Counsel, and Jeremiah Marsah, John L. Conlon, and Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, all of Hopkins & Sutter, both of Chicago (Jerome A. Siegan, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE McGLOON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff appeals from the denial of his motion for attorney fees filed under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. sec. 1988 (1976)). On appeal, plaintiff contends (1) the motion for fees was timely filed; (2) the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion; and (3) the amount of fees was not excessive.

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