Legal Opinion
Preston v. Thompson
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 29, 1983No. 78 C 3512, 78 C 3006PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PRENTICE H. MARSHALL, District Judge.
We are asked in the present cases to award plaintiffs attorney’s fees in connection with defendants’ unsuccessful appeal of the trial court’s award of attorney’s fees and plaintiffs’ attempts in this court to collect those fees and interest thereon. Plaintiffs have filed detailed affidavits and time records in support of their position.
Judge John Powers Crowley awarded plaintiffs $101,000 in attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1976 & Supp. IV 1980) for prevailing in Preston v. Thompson, No. 78 C 3512 (N.D.Ill.) and Prisoners of…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Maher v. GagneSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Hanrahan v. HamptonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Hampton v. HanrahanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Northcross v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Stephen Ustrak v. James W. FairmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Ralph Lightfoot, Lacarttle Jones, Fred Jenkins, and Nelson Weaver v. Daniel Walker, Governor of the State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Dotson v. ChesterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
- Dotson v. ChesterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
- Gibney v. Toledo Board of EducationOhio Court of Appeals · 1991
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