Legal Opinion
Ernest Dague, Sr., Ernest Dague, Jr., Betty Dague, and Rose A. Bessette v. City of Burlington
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 2, 1992No. 415, Docket 90-7544PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:
FACTS AND BACKGROUND
Bringing new meaning to the term “recycling”, we revisit this case for a second examination of attorney’s fee issues, this time on remand from the Supreme Court, see City of Burlington v. Dague, — U.S. -, 112 S.Ct. 2638, 120 L.Ed.2d 449 (1992). The attorney’s fee issues have long outlived the original dispute, in which property-owner plaintiffs obtained an order to shut down the Burlington Municipal Disposal Grounds (“landfill”), operated by the City of Burlington in violation of federal environmental law. See Dague v. City of Burlington, 935…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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