Legal Opinion
Francis Muscare v. Robert J. Quinn, Commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 8, 1982No. 81-1604PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The question we decide in this case is the proper standard for appellate review of a district court’s refusal to award attorneys’ fees to a civil rights plaintiff for the time spent in establishing the attorneys’ fees to which he is entitled for having prevailed on the civil rights claim itself.
The appellant in this case is a Chicago fireman who in 1975 was suspended for 29 days because he refused, in violation of a fire department regulation, to shave off his goatee. He brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, contending that the regulation was unconstitutional and that in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Domenic Lund v. John J. Affleck, Doris Palmieri v. John J. Affleck, Inmates of the Boys' Training School v. Bradford E. SouthworthCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Gagne v. MaherCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Bond v. StantonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by48 opinions
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