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SOMMERFIELD v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 12-1506 & 13-1265.

863 F.3d 645 (2017)

Detlef SOMMERFIELD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 12, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Longo , Attorney, LONGO & ASSOCIATES, Mount Prospect, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ruth F. Masters , Attorney, Oak Park, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Posner and Kanne, Circuit Judges.

After years of protracted litigation, a jury awarded Chicago Police Officer Detlef Sommerfield $30,000 in his workplace discrimination suit. For his efforts, Sommerfield's lawyer requested $1.5 million in attorney's fees, a sum the district court reduced to $430,000. Sommerfield now appeals, challenging the district court's handling...

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