United States Seventh Circuit

In a dispute involving attorney's fees, district court order is reversed where, in cases which involve more than a nominal award, a fee award should not be reduced because the damages are smaller than a plaintiff originally sought. On remand the court should consider the lodestar figure, the number of hours reasonably expended on the litigation multiplied by a reasonable hourly rate, as well as other factors set out in Hensley.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/01/2009
• Decided 06/29/2009
• Published 06/29/2009

Judges

• EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert G. Bernhoft (argued), Bernhoft Law Firm, Milwaukee, WI, James J. Gende, II, Gende Law Offices, S.C., Pewaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Monica Burkert-Brist (argued), Office of Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.