Legal Opinion
Antowyn Cauley v. John Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 13, 1985No. 84-1134PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Antowyn Cauley appeals from a district court order awarding $7,500 in attorney’s fees to defendant John Wilson. We affirm the district court’s decision to condition the plaintiff’s voluntary dismissal on the payment of attorney’s fees, but because the defendant failed to offer sufficiently detailed proof of the fees incurred, we remand to the district court for a new determination of fees.
Cauley filed his initial complaint in this suit on April 1, 1975. That complaint alleged that on August 7, 1974, Chicago Police Officer John Wilson…
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