Legal Opinion
Center for Science in the Public Interest v. Donald T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 26, 1986No. 83-1988PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STARR, Circuit Judge:
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) appeals from a denial of attorneys’ fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act. 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (1982). For the reasons that follow, we hold that, in determining whether the Government’s position was “substantially justified” within the meaning of the statute, the District Court is now obliged to apply the standard set forth in the 1985 Amendments to the Act.
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The underlying litigation that gave rise to the present fee proceeding concerns the Secretary of the Treasury’s decision to rescind a regulation requiring the…
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