Legal Opinion
Save Our Cumberland Mountains, Inc. v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 14, 1987No. 85-5984PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BORK.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.
Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Chief Judge WALD.
BORK, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. The government challenges four parts of the district court’s award: the reasonableness of the hourly rates, the reasonableness of the number of hours, the propriety of two upward multipliers used in computing the ultimate fee award, and the award of non-taxable…
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