Tamaska v. City of Bluff City

WILLIAMS, Senior District Judge.

The parties in these cases have filed cross-appeals of the district court’s various rulings regarding the awarding of and the amount of civil penalties and attorneys’ fees under the Clean Water Act. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the district court.

I. BACKGROUND

This action was originally brought, in part, as a citizens’ suit pursuant to Section 505 of the Clean Water Act, (“the Act”), 33 U.S.C. § 1365. In this suit, the Appellants/Cross-Appellees, Jean and Joe Tamaska, (“the Tamaskas”), alleged that the Appellee/Cross-Appellant, the City of Bluff…