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BARNETT v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 92 C 1683, 92 C 2104 and 92 C 2666.

122 F.Supp.2d 915 (2000)

Richard BARNETT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants. and Carole Bialczak, et al., Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

February 29, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judson H. Miner, Miner Barnhill & Galland, Chicago, IL, Jacqueline A. Berrien, New York City, Nathaniel R. Howse, Jr., Nathaniel R. Howse, Sr., Chicago, IL, for Richard Barnett, Eddie Reed, plaintiffs.

Bridgett Arimond, Chicago, IL, for Allan Streeter, Helen Shiller, John O. Steele, Dorothy Tillman, Lawrence S. Bloom, Robert Shaw, Jesse J. Evans, Bobby L. Ruch, Percy Giles, William M. Beavers, Toni Preckwinkle, Rickey Hendon, Joe Moore, Arenda Troutman, Shirley A. Coleman, Virgil E. Jones, Jesse Miller, Sam Burrell, plaintiffs.

Margaret E. Rice, City of Chicago, Dept. of Law, Chicago, IL, for City of Chicago, defendant.

James M. Scanlon, James M. Scanlon & Assoc., Chicago, IL, for Board of Election Com'rs. of City of Chicago, defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

Prevailing plaintiffs in this voting rights case have filed a petition for attorneys' fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1988 and 1973(e). Pursuant to local rule, the parties exchanged positions and attempted to work out their differences on this issue. Before me are the petition, defendants' limited objections, and plaintiffs' reply. This opinion discusses the various objections.

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