Legal Opinion
James Eric Johnson and Jerry M. Croker v. Lafayette Fire Fighters Association Local 472, International Association of Fire Fighters, Afl-Cio-Clc
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 5, 1995No. 94-3012PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORAN, Chief District Judge.
Appellant Lafayette Firefighters’ Association Local 472 (the. Union) appeals the award of attorney’s fees to appellees James Johnson and Jerry Croker (collectively “plaintiffs”), non-union members of the City of Lafayette fire department, under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The Union argues that plaintiffs’ fee petition was untimely under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d), that plaintiffs are not prevailing parties for the purposes of § 1988, that the award of fees in this case was unreasonable, and that because plaintiffs received legal representation from a charitable…
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