Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Anne M. Gorsuch, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, National Coal Association Alabama Power Association, Intervenors
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 16, 1982No. 79-1565, 79-1719, 79-1867, 79-1874, 80-1187, 80-1201, 80-1213 and 80-1338PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion PER CURIAM. PER CURIAM:
In Sierra Club v. Gorsuch, 672 F.2d 33 (D.C.Cir.1982) (hereinafter Sierra Club II), we held that an award of attorneys’ fees to the Sierra Club and the Environmental Defense Fund (“EDF”), non-prevailing parties in Sierra Club v. Costle, 657 F.2d 298 (D.C.Cir.1981) (hereinafter Sierra Club I), was “appropriate” under section 307(f) of the Clean Air Act 42 U.S.C. § 7607(f), because those parties had “substantially contributed” to the goals of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 by litigating “important, complex and novel” issues of statutory interpretation.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- 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
- Sierra Club v. Douglas M. Costle, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, National Coal Association, Alabama Power Company, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- National Association of Concerned Veterans, Appellees/cross-Appellants v. Secretary of Defense, Appellants/cross-Appellees. Mark Green and Corporate Accountability Research Group v. Department of Commerce, Beverly L. B. Parker v. Secretary of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Alabama Power Company v. Anne M. Gorsuch, as Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Sierra Club, Intervenors.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Sierra Club v. Anne M. Gorsuch, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, National Coal Association Alabama Power Association, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Larry Raney v. Federal Bureau of PrisonsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2000
- Loggerhead Turtle v. County Council of Volusia CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
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