NAT. RESOURCES DEFENSE v. ADM'R, E.P.A.

Civ. A. Nos. 75-1698, 2153-73, 75-1267 and 75-172.

595 F.Supp. 65 (1984)

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ADMINISTRATOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick M. Rowe, Edward W. Warren, Philip J. Davis, Robert F. Stauffer, Gen. Counsel, Nat. Coal Assoc., Ronald J. Wilson, J.G. Speth, Edward L. Strohbehn, Jr., Barry J. Trilling, Bingham Kennedy, Christopher S. Rizek, Trilling & Kennedy, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Thomas A. Pursley, III, Barry Neuman, Donald W. Stever, Jr., Thomas C. Lee, Erica L. Dolgin, Dept. of Justice, Ridgway M. Hall, E.P.A., Carol E. Dinkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Land and Natural Resources Div., Jose R. Allen, Environmental Defense Section, Washington, D.C., for Anne M. Gorsuch, Russell E. Train and E.P.A.

Theodore L. Garrett, Roberts B. Owen, Douglas E. McAllister, Washington, D.C., for American Min. Congress and E.P.A.

Michael K. Glenn, Washington, D.C., John A. Stichter, New York City, for American Paper Institute and Nat. Forest Products Ass'n.

Robert C. Barnard, Douglas E. Kliever, Charles F. Lettow, Michael A. Wiegard, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, D.C., for Union Carbide Corp., FMC Corp., Dow Chemical Corp., Celanese Corp., E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Co., Exxon Corp. and Monsanto Co.

Richard R. Gardner, Washington, D.C., for Olin Corp.

Richard E. Schwartz, David P. Hackett, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, D.C., for American Iron and Steel Institute.

Stark Ritchie, James K. Jackson, Arnold S. Block, Washington, D.C., for American Petroleum Institute et al.

Michael B. Barr, Scott Slaughter, Hunton & Williams, Washington, D.C., for Ala. Power Co. et al.

George C. Freeman, Jr., Washington, D.C., for intervenors.


MEMORANDUM

FLANNERY, District Judge.

This matter comes before the court on the motion of the plaintiffs for attorneys' fees. Plaintiffs are three environmental groups, ("NRDC"), that have been involved in this lengthy environmental litigation. They claim that the Environmental Protection Agency, ("EPA"), as the original defendant, and the intervenor defendants, are liable for fees incurred through plaintiffs' opposition to their respective positions. The...

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