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BERBERENA v. COLER

No. 84-1458.

753 F.2d 629 (1985)

Dinorah BERBERENA, Rebecca Weaver, on behalf of themselves, their minor children and all others similarly situated, and Karen Simpson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Gregory COLER, successor in office to Jeffrey C. Miller, as Director of the Illinois Department of Public Aid, and the Illinois Department of Public Aid, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aviva Futorian, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Katherine M. Marshall, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Before FLAUM, Circuit Judge, and PELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.

WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether the district court abused its discretion in awarding attorneys fees to civil rights plaintiffs by refusing to impose a compensation rate differential for in-court as against out-of-court work and by refusing reductions in the number of compensable hours for duplication and vagueness of documentation. The district court rejected a magistrate's recommendation of such reductions and rate differentials...

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