Legal Opinion
Hermes v. Hein
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 17, 1984No. Nos. 82-3099, 83-2119PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
This action, brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, presents us with appeals from the district court’s decisions granting the defendants’ motions for summary judgment and awarding the defendants more than $89,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the summary judgment ruling, but we remand the case for further consideration of the issue of attorneys’ fees.
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