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ALLIANCE TO END REPRESSION v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 96-2347, 96-4014.

119 F.3d 472 (1997)

ALLIANCE TO END REPRESSION, et al., Plaintiffs, and Chicago CISPES, et al., Petitioners-Appellees, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants, and Federal Bureau of Investigation, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Barker, Soinnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

William T. Barker, Soinnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, Harvey M. Grossman, Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., Chicago, IL, Richard Gutman, Montclair, NJ, for Plaintiff-Appellee American Civil Liberties Union.

Richard Gutman, Montclair, NJ, for Petitioners-Appellees.

Susan S. Sher, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.

Frank W. Hunger, Office of the United States Attorney General, William Kanter, John F. Daly, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, R. Joseph Sher, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, James B. Burns and Thomas P. Walsh, Office of the United States Attorney, Civil Division, Chicago, IL, Howard M. Shapiro, John McNamara, Larry R. Parkinson, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

These are consolidated appeals growing out of a petition to enforce a 1981 consent decree. In one appeal, the Federal Bureau of Investigation claims that the order enforcing the decree is based on a flawed interpretation of its language; the other appeal is from an award of attorney fees to the petitioners.

In 1974, the original plaintiffs in this case, including the Alliance to End Repression and the American Civil Liberties...

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