· 2/13/1980
Francis Muscare v. Robert J. Quinn, Individually and as Commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department
Citations
- 614 F.2d 577
- 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 20550
How courts have described this case
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- adopting test of Waters v. Wisconsin Steel Works, 502 F.2d 1309, 1322 (7th Cir. 1974), cert. denied, 425 U.S. 997, 96 S.Ct. 2214, 48 L.Ed.2d 823 (1976), in § 1988 cases
- adopting test of Waters v. Wisconsin Steel Works, 502 F.2d 1309, 1322 (7th Cir. 1974), cert. denied, 425 U.S. 997, 96 S.Ct. 2214, 48 L.Ed.2d 823 (1976), in § 1988 cases
- the court can only consider the time spent on issues upon which the plaintiff prevailed
- plaintiff prevailed on only one substantive claim
- plaintiff prevailed on only one substantive claim
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Judges: Pell, Wood, Harper
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