PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP OF N.J., INC. v. WINDALL

Nos. 93-5771, 94-5059.

51 F.3d 1179 (1995)

PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP OF NEW JERSEY, INC., Friends of the Earth, Inc., Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group, Inc. v. Sheila E. WINDALL, as Secretary of the Air Force, Appellant at No. 94-5059. Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc., Friends of the Earth, Inc., Appellants at No. 93-5771.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn S. Pravlik, Bruce J. Terris, (argued), Terris, Pravlik & Wagner, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, PA, for Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey Inc., Friends of the Earth, Inc., Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group, Inc.

Andrew C. Mergen, (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Sheila E. Windall, as Secretary of the Air Force.

Present: STAPLETON, HUTCHINSON and ROSENN, Circuit Judges


OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Circuit Judge.

We have before us an appeal and a cross-appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey awarding counsel fees to the appellants, the Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc., Friends of the Earth, Inc. and the Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group, Inc. (collectively "PIRG"), as prevailing parties under the attorney fee shifting provision of the Clean...

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