EAGLE SERVICES CORP. v. H2O INDUSTRIAL SERVICES

No. 07-1997.

532 F.3d 620 (2008)

EAGLE SERVICES CORP., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. H2O INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nick Katich (argued), Katich & Shappell, Crown Point, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James K. Borcia (argued), Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The Copyright Act authorizes a court to award a reasonable attorney's fee to the prevailing party in a copyright suit. 17 U.S.C. § 505. The defendants prevailed but the district court refused to award them attorney's fees, and they have appealed.

The plaintiff, Eagle, is in the business of cleaning up contaminated sites. The four individual defendants left their employment with Eagle to...

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