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CHOWANIEC v. ARLINGTON PARK RACE TRACK, LTD.

No. 90-1800.

934 F.2d 128 (1991)

Chester L. CHOWANIEC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ARLINGTON PARK RACE TRACK, LIMITED, a partnership, Joseph F. Joyce, Jr., individually and as general partner of Arlington Park Race Track, Limited and APRT Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melanie Grabavoy, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Grace A. Newton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Stephen E. Ford, Mark S. Vilimek, Jo M. Bonell, Patti M. Deuel, Kiesler & Berman, Karen Michels Caille, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Appeals Div., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, WOOD, Jr., and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

A prevailing plaintiff-attorney in a section 1983 action challenges the district court's determination of the amount of his compensable attorney's fees. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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BACKGROUND

A. Facts

Chester Chowaniec and seven other plaintiffs sued various officials of the State of Illinois and Arlington Park Race Track, Ltd., and its agents under 42...

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