Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 18, 2007No. 05-4437PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDaughtrey, J., joined by Martin, J.,
REEVES, D.J. (pp. 645-57), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
MARTHA CRAIG DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.
The Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners and the City of Cincinnati (collectively, the County) appeal the district court’s award of attorneys’ fees to the Sierra Club and individual plaintiff Marilyn Wall (collectively, the Sierra The Honorable Danny C. Reeves, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, sitting by designation. Club) in this Clean Water Act case. The district court determined that the Sierra Club was entitled to recover litigation…
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