Legal Opinion
National Wildlife Federation v. Hanson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 14, 1988No. 87-3183PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers appeal from a district court order awarding attorneys’ fees to the National Wildlife Federation and several other environmental *315groups (collectively NWF) who challenged the Corps’ determination that two tracts of land in North Carolina were not wetlands under section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The NWF also complained about the EPA’s failure to exercise its authority with respect to wetlands. We affirm the district court’s award of fees under the Clean Water Act and hold that the NWF is a…
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