Legal Opinion
Bell v. Lantz
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 17, 2016No. 15-2341PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns an award of attorney’s fees by the district court to Charles Lantz, who was the defendant in a suit brought by Richard Bell under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 501 et seq., which was later voluntarily dismissed. Bell does not challenge the court’s decision to award fees, but contests the amount of fees awarded.
The original copyright infringement action was filed by Bell, a practicing attorney and professional photographer, against forty-seven defendants including Lantz. Bell had taken a photograph of the Indianapolis skyline (the “Indianapolis…
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