“We also see ‘a reasonable connection between the fees and the amount involved in the litigation,’ given that the tenants faced an abrupt end to their source of livelihood, and that the total amount awarded ($21,525) was much less than the amount of rent that was at stake in the suit (36 additional months x $1,600 = $57,600),” Justice Margaret Stanton-McBride wrote on behalf of an Illinois appellate panel.
