Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Secretary of the Army, Sierra Club v. Secretary of the Army, Sierra Club v. Secretary of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 3, 1987No. 86-1940, 86-1950 and 86-1951PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Sundry officials of the federal government are appellants (and cross-appellees) herein. 1 Each is sued in his or her representative capacity. They challenge two judgments entered in the United States District Court for the District of Maine which provide that the government is liable to the plaintiff-appellee, the Sierra Club (a not-for-profit public interest group dedicated to protection of the environment), for attorneys’ fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412.
Their appeal is trichotomous: they contend that the district court…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean AirSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Lorillard v. PonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by136 opinions
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- Marie Lucie Jean v. Alan C. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
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- United States v. Plat 20, Lot 17Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
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