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SCHIRK v. HERLIK

Civ. A. No. 83-C-695.

689 F.Supp. 861 (1988)

Jerry M. SCHIRK, Plaintiff, v. Gerald HERLIK, Denise Servais, Michael Heraly, Paul Splawski, and Patrick Massey, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

July 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin Ugent, Podell, Ugent & Cross, S.C., Milwaukee, Wis., and Thomas Schultz, Green Bay, Wis., for plaintiff.

Joseph McDevitt, Borgelt, Powell, Peterson & Frauen, S.C., Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants.

ORDER

TERENCE T. EVANS, District Judge.

Some time ago plaintiff's attorneys filed their request for attorney fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988.

Affidavits submitted with the request indicated that hourly rates charged civil rights litigants in Milwaukee ranged from $100 to $250 per hour. That information apparently startled the defendants, who filed interrogatories about the plaintiff's attorneys' billing practices. There were objections to...

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