PALMER v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 82 C 2349.

576 F.Supp. 252 (1983)

Reuben PALMER, et al., Subclass A Plaintiffs, and Edward Negron, et al., Subclass B Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

November 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Deutsch, Jeffrey Haas, Dennis Cunningham, and G. Flint Taylor, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Robert Fioretti, Chicago Corp. Counsel, Henry A. Hauser, Cook Co., Asst. State's Atty., Jeremiah Marsh and Wm. Carlisle Herbert, Hopkins & Sutter, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, District Judge.

In the latest chapter of this "Chicago Street Files" case, plaintiffs move under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 ("Section 1988") for entry of an interim award of attorneys' fees and expenses against defendants.1 Because (1) plaintiffs qualify as "prevailing" under Section 1988 regardless of the outcome of the pending appeal2 and (2) an interim fee award...

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