Legal Opinion
Duranceau v. City of Tacoma
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided June 18, 1984No. 11177-9-IPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDurham, C.J.
Ronald D. Duranceau appeals from a denial of statutory attorney's fees requested pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Although the facts of this case are set forth in our prior decision in Duranceau v. Tacoma, 27 Wn. App. 777, 620 P.2d 533 (1980), we will summarize them here for the sake of clarity.
The City of Tacoma obtains part of its water supply from the Green River watershed in King County. The City owns most of the land along the Green River itself, in addition to most of the land within the town of Lester, a small town located in the watershed. See Duranceau, at 778. Because of Lester's…
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