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PALMER v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 84-2943.

806 F.2d 1316 (1986)

Reuben PALMER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 26, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 14, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Carlisle Herbert, Hopkins & Sutter, Robert W. Fioretti, Office of Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant City of Chicago.

Michael E. Deutsch, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees Reuben Palmer, et al.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and POSNER, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 14, 1987.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The City of Chicago has appealed from an order that it pay $113,000 in interim attorney's fees to the plaintiffs in this civil rights case. The award of fees was made under the authority of 42 U.S.C. § 1988, which authorizes the award of reasonable attorney's fees to "prevailing" parties. The question we are asked to decide is whether, for purposes of section 1988, you can...

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