Legal Opinion
United States v. Hallmark Construction Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 11, 2000No. 99-1948PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
The United States filed suit on behalf of the Army Corps of Engineers (the “Corps”) charging Hallmark Construction Company (“Hallmark”) with discharging pollutants into a wetland in violation of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. The trial court found in favor of Hallmark on the merits but denied Hallmark the attorney’s fees it requested under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412. Hallmark now appeals the denial of attorney’s fees. For the reasons stated herein, we remand.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1988, Hallmark purchased a plot of land…
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