Legal Opinion
Paul D. Halverson,appellants v. Rodney E. Slater, Secretary, United States Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 31, 2000No. 99-5115PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
After a previous panel of this court invalidated a final rule issued by the Department of Transportation, the prevailing parties, appellants herein, filed an application for attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act. The district court denied the application, finding the Department’s defense of the rule, though unsuccessful, “substantially justified” within the meaning of the Act. Because the district court failed adequately to explain its decision, and because we find unpersuasive the…
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