Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 1, 1973No. Nos. 72-1219, 72-1224PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners in Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency, 478 F.2d 875 (1st Cir. 1973), now request this court to award them attorneys’ fees as well as costs against the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] for their efforts in obtaining orders requiring EPA to comply with certain of its obligations under the Clean Air Amendments of 1970, 42 U.S.C. § 1857c-5 et seq. We hold that petitioners are entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs.
Traditionally, a prevailing party has received costs but not attorneys’ fees.…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Sprague v. Ticonic National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Hall v. ColeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Trustees v. GreenoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Helen H. REYNOLDS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Patrick F. COOMEY Et Al., Defendants, AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Sprogis v. United Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Eddie Adams v. Norman CarlsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Gilpin v. Kansas State High School Activities Ass'n, Inc.District Court, D. Kansas · 1974
- Homcy v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1976
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