Palmer v. City of Chicago

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, District Judge.

In the latest chapter of this “Chicago Street Files” case, plaintiffs move under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (“Section 1988”) for entry of an interim award of attorneys’ fees and expenses against defendants. 1 Because (1) plaintiffs qualify as “prevailing” under Section 1988 regardless of the outcome of the pending appeal 2 and (2) an interim fee award is appropriate in light of principles recently announced in Hensley v. Eckerhart, — U.S. -, 103 S.Ct. 1933, 76 L.Ed.2d 40 (1983), this Court awards interim attorneys’ fees for plaintiffs’ counsel’s…