BATTLES FARM CO. v. PIERCE

Nos. 85-5945, 85-5957 and 85-5968.

806 F.2d 1098 (1986)

BATTLES FARM COMPANY, et al. v. Samuel R. PIERCE, Jr., Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Appellant (Two Cases). BATTLES FARM COMPANY, et al., Appellants, v. Samuel R. PIERCE, Jr., Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Koppel, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty. and Robert S. Greenspan, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellant in Nos. 85-5945 and 85-5957 and cross-appellee in No. 85-5968.

Thomas D. Goldberg, with whom Gerald Goldman, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellees in Nos. 85-5945 and 85-5957 and cross-appellants in No. 85-5968.

Before STARR and SILBERMAN, Circuit Judges, and McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

We have before us the attorneys fees phase of a lengthy lawsuit brought by Battles Farm Co., the owner of a low-income housing project, against the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. After winning on the merits in part of their suit, the plaintiffs applied for, and the district court awarded, attorneys fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA").

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