Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit July 25, 1986, 85-2477 (Lawrence Vandenplas and Barbara Vandenplas v. City of Muskego)

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United States · · · 25-07-1986

HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants Lawrence and Barbara Vandenplas appeal from the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees to the defendants-appellees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. The court concluded that the Vandenplases’ suit brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 was frivolous and that the defendants were therefore entitled to recover their fees.

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