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WINSTON v. O'BRIEN

Nos. 13-3553, 14-1371.

770 F.3d 1178 (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.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Before POSNER, ROVNER, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

TINDER, Circuit Judge.

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 Tort Immunity Act, 745 ILCS 10/9-102.

I. BACKGROUND

In 2010, Winston sued Officer O'Brien under 42...

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