Legal Opinion
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Reilly
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 13, 1993No. 90-1387PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.
D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
The Environmental Defense Fund petitions for an award of attorneys’ fees in the amount of $32,542.75. In the underlying litigation we vacated an Environmental Protection Agency rule for want of public notice and comment before promulgation. We now hold that the EDF was a “prevailing party” within the meaning of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and therefore is entitled to recover its attorneys’ fees. Because one of the EDF’s attorneys submitted intolerably excessive time entries, however, we deny…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by19 opinions
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