Legal Opinion
Andy Montanez v. Joseph Simon
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 18, 2014No. 13-1692PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Andy Montanez won a small jury verdict — just $2,000' — in this straightforward excessive-force case against two Chicago police officers, but his lawyers racked up enormous legal fees during the course of the litigation. Invoking the fee-shifting statute applicable in civil-rights cases, 42 U.S.C. § 1988(d), they submitted a request for more than $400,000 in fees, but the district court awarded only a fraction of that amount. The award will be paid by the City of Chicago, and although it’s much less than requested, it’s still a huge sum — almost $110,000 — in part because…
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