Legal Opinion
Lolling v. Patterson
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided July 29, 1991No. 87-3296PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:
Attorney’s fees.
Civil Rights Act and Rule 11.
Since resolution of Defendants’ motion for fees depends in large measure upon the objective reasonableness of Plaintiff's position and the specific facts underlying this action, we must discuss the facts in some detail:
On August 5, 1987, Plaintiff, Kenneth M. Lolling, a Logan County Deputy Sheriff, filed this action against both Logan County Sheriff Robert L. Patterson and the County of Logan.
Count I of Plaintiff’s original complaint alleged that Sheriff Patterson commenced disciplinary proceedings against…
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