Legal Opinion
William H. Lynch v. City of Milwaukee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 31, 1984No. 83-1859PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
' Plaintiff appeals from the district court’s award of attorney fees in the amount of $1,600.00. Plaintiff, the prevailing party in a § 1983 action, contends that the district court abused its discretion by lowering both the hours and hourly rate claimed by plaintiff’s attorney, denying a request for a positive multiplier, and, sua sponte, applying a negative multiplier. We affirm the order of the district court with respect to the first two issues, and we vacate that portion applying a negative multiplier.
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The underlying action concerned the City of Milwaukee’s practice…
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