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WINSTON v. O'BRIEN

Nos. 13-3553, 14-1371.

773 F.3d 809 (2014)

Robert L. WINSTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Officer O'BRIEN, et al., Defendants, Appeal of City of Chicago.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 7, 2014.

Amended Opinion Issued November 14, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Salpeter , Attorney, Kaye Scholer LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Sara K. Hornstra , City of Chicago Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Thomas M. Leinenweber , Attorney, Leinenweber Baroni & Daffada, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.

Before POSNER, ROVNER, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

The City of Chicago appeals the district court's decision to hold it responsible for attorney's fees assessed under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 against one of its officers, Matthew O'Brien. The district court concluded that the City was liable for the fees under § 9-102 of Illinois's Local Governmental and Governmental Employees...

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