Legal Opinion
Iqbal Mathur, Marilyn F. Longwell and John P. Madden v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 24, 2003No. 01-3336PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, Circuit Judge
Iqbal Mathur won a jury verdict in this employment discrimination and retaliation case and petitioned for attorneys’ fees. In this appeal, the appellants, two of Mathur’s attorneys, claim that the district court improperly reduced the proffered hourly rate when it used local rates to determine the award. Because we agree that the district court abused its discretion when making this modification, we vacate the district court’s judgment and remand for further proceedings.
I. BACKGROUND
Mathur brought this action after Southern Illinois University (SIU) decided not to hire him as the dean of…
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