Legal Opinion
Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance v. City of Seward
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 19, 2011No. 10-35446PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALARCÓN, Circuit Judge:
The issue presented by this appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in denying an award of attorney fees to Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance, an Alaska nonprofit corporation, and Alaska Community Action on Toxics, an Alaska nonprofit corporation (collectively “RBCA”) pursuant to section 505(d) of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), 33 U.S.C. § 1365(d), because RBCA came within the “special circumstances” standard first elaborated in Neuman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc., 390 U.S. 400, 402, 88 S.Ct. 964, 19 L.Ed.2d 1263 (1968) (per curiam). We…
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