United States Seventh Circuit

Where a contract specifies that the prevailing party in a dispute shall be entitled to all attorneys' fees actually incurred, the district court does not have discretion to reduce the award of attorneys' fees simply because the prevailing party hired an attorney on a contingency basis.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/27/2001
• Decided 09/11/2001
• Published 09/14/2001

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, RIPPLE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gary P. Hollander (argued), Potratz & Hollander, Chicago, AIL, for William A. Bowles., Michael F. Rosenblum,Michael A. Scodro (argued), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for Quantum Chemical Co.