Legal Opinion
Sommerfield v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 12, 2017No. Nos. 12-1506 & 13-1265PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
After years of protracted litigation, a jury awarded Chicago Police Officer Det-lef Sommerfield $30,000 in his workplace discrimination suit. For his efforts, Som-merfield’s lawyer requested $1.5 million in attorney’s fees, a sum the district court reduced to $430,000. Sommerfield now appeals, challenging the district court’s handling of his case and, in particular, its refusal to grant his attorney the full $1.5 million. We affirm.
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Sommerfield has been an officer with the Chicago Police Department (CPD) since 1994. From 2000 to 2007 he was assigned to the Eighth District,…
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