Legal Opinion
Thomas Barrow v. Lloyd A. Falck, Individually and as Sheriff of Ford County, Illinois, and Ford County, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 10, 1994No. 93-2004PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
After entering judgment on the jury’s verdict for the plaintiff in this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the district court awarded attorneys’ fees at the rate of $135 per hour. We reversed that decision, concluding that counsel’s market rate is the fee he charges to paying clients: between $80 and $110 per hour. 977 F.2d 1100, 1105-06 (1992). We remanded so that the district court could select the appropriate rate from within that range and exclude hours that another portion of the opinion held were not compensable under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Despite our ultimate…
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