Legal Opinion
Ruth Coates and Bennie Coates v. Tom Bechtel
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 2, 1987No. 86-1197PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs appeal the district court’s award of $4,000 in attorney’s fees to the defendant pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Because the district court abused its discretion in making the award, we reverse.
I
The litigation underlying the fee award arose out of the alleged discriminatory treatment which the plaintiffs received in their attempt to purchase the defendant’s mobile trailer home. Because the merits of this litigation are critical to our determination that the fee award was unwarranted, the factual background must be reviewed at some length.
On April 21,1985, the…
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