Baird v. Consolidated City of Indianapolis

ENTRY

BARKER, District Judge.

This matter comes before the court on the plaintiffs’ Second Motion to Award Interim Costs, Expenses, and Reasonable Attorney Fees.

I. Background

The plaintiffs filed a complaint in 1987 claiming that the City of Indianapolis 1982 General Ordinance governing the election of City-Council members (General Ordinance 128) was unlawful under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, Article I, Section 23 and Article II, Section 1 of the Indiana Constitution, and Ind.Code § 36-3-4-3. In 1989, the plaintiffs amended their complaint, adding…