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MATHUR v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN IL. UNIV.

No. 01-3336.

317 F.3d 738 (2003)

Iqbal MATHUR, Plaintiff, Marilyn F. Longwell and John P. Madden, Appellants, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

DECIDED January 24, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Madden, O'Malley & Madden, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

J. Timothy Eaton (argued), Christine M. Dekker, Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

John P. Madden (argued), O'Malley & Madden, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Before COFFEY, RIPPLE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge

Iqbal Mathur won a jury verdict in this employment discrimination and retaliation case and petitioned for attorneys' fees. In this appeal, the appellants, two of Mathur's attorneys, claim that the district court improperly reduced the proffered hourly rate when it used local rates to determine the award. Because we agree that the district court abused its discretion when making this modification, we vacate the district court's judgment and...

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