Legal Opinion
Anita Kirchoff and William Kirchoff v. Michael Flynn
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 17, 1986No. 85-2187PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Arrested for feeding the pigeons and walking her dogs in the park, Anita Kirchoff recovered $25,000 from the police. The defendants gave up, but Kirchoff’s lawyers did not. They wanted some $50,-000 in fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The district court gave them $10,000 on the ground that their contingent fee contract with the Kirchoffs entitled them to 40% of any award. The case requires us to decide whether the contingent fee is the appropriate rate under § 1988 when the case resembles private tort litigation in which contingent fees are customary. First, however, we…
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