Legal Opinion
Roanoke River Basin Ass'n v. Hudson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 20, 1993No. 92-1526PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
The Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. § 2412, provides that parties who prevail in litigation with the United States are entitled to reimbursement of reasonable attorney’s fees unless the position of the United States “was substantially justified.” 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A). In protracted litigation with the Army Corps of Engineers, the Roanoke River Basin Association challenged the Corps’ issuance of a permit to the City of Virginia Beach for the construction of a pipeline to transport 60 million gallons of water per day from Lake Gaston in the…
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