United States Seventh Circuit

In a property ordinance dispute involving attorney's fees, district court order awarding attorney's fees to plaintiff is reversed where the dismissal of the case for mootness did not make plaintiff a prevailing party and impose a judicial imprimatur that would permit awarding attorney fees, as there was no final judgment on the merits in plaintiff's favor and no consent decree was entered.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/31/2009
• Decided 05/15/2009
• Published 05/15/2009

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Philip C. Stahl, Attorney (argued), Grippo & Elden, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., John B. Murphey, Attorney (argued), Rosenthal, Murphey, Coblentz & Janega, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.