Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. City of Little Rock
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 12, 2003No. 03-1160PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
The City of Little Rock appeals the district court’s award of attorney fees to the Sierra Club in Sierra Club’s action against the City and against the Little Rock Sanitary Sewer Committee 1 under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251-1387. The City also appeals the district court’s denial of its request for expert fees. We reverse the grant of attorney fees and affirm the denial of expert fees.
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The City of Little Rock (“the City”) operates a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System in the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, pursuant to a National Pollutant Discharge…
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