United States Seventh Circuit
Sottoriva v. Claps, 09-1311
District court's reduction of an Illinois Department of Human Rights employee's fee award by 67%, accounting for the partial success of the employee's suit against the Director of the Department and the Comptroller of the State of Illinois for withholding portions of his salary without an adequate hearing, is vacated and remanded as, although it was entirely proper for the district court to conclude that plaintiff achieved only "partial" success and that the lodestar figure should thus be reduced to reflect this fact, the district court provided insufficient reasoning in support of its judgment.
Appellate Information
- Argued 10/07/2009
- Decided 08/17/2010
- Published 08/17/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit