WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE v. F.E.R.C.

No. 82-3137.

743 F.2d 166 (1984)

WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Philadelphia Gas Works, Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, and Gulf Oil Corporation, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

September 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Hill, Washington, D.C., Morton L. Simons, Simons & Simons, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Craig W. Hulvey, Carroll L. Gilliam, Grove, Jaskiewicz, Gilliam & Cobert, Washington, D.C., for Gulf Oil Corp., intervenor.

Joseph R. Davison, Leonard, Tillery & Davison, Philadelphia, Pa., for Philadelphia Gas Works, intervenor.

J. Craig Youngblood, Judy M. Johnson, James W. McCartney, Vinson & Elkins, Jack E. Earnest, Jack D. Head, Cheryl M. Foley, Houston, Tex., for Tex. Eastern Transmission Corp., intervenor.

Dennis Lane, Richard A. Solomon, David D'Alessandro, Wilner & Scheiner, Washington, D.C., for Public Service Com'n of N.Y., intervenor.

Joshua Z. Rokach and Ellen K. Schall, F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., for F.E.R.C., respondent.

James R. Lacey, Newark, N.J., for Public Service Elec. and Gas Co., intervenor.

Gary E. Guy, Michael W. Hall, Cullen & Dykman, Washington, D.C., for The Brooklyn Union Gas Co., intervenor.

Before ALDISERT, Chief Judge, and GIBBONS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This case involves petitioner Washington Urban League's ("WUL") request for attorneys' fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A) (1982).

Under subsection 2412(d)(1)(A) of the EAJA, a court shall award attorneys' fees to a prevailing party "unless the court finds that the position of the United States was substantially justified or that special...

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