Legal Opinion
Lawrence Vandenplas and Barbara Vandenplas v. City of Muskego
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 25, 1986No. 85-2477PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants Lawrence and Barbara Vandenplas appeal from the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees to the defendants-appellees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The court concluded that the Vandenplases’ suit brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 was frivolous and that the defendants were therefore entitled to recover their fees. Because we find that the district court abused its discretion in finding that the section 1983 action was merit-less, we reverse its decision awarding attorneys’ fees.
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Lawrence Vandenplas and his wife, Bernice, were owners…
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