FRIENDS OF THE EARTH v. EASTMAN KODAK CO.

Nos. 80, 81, Dockets 87-7301, 87-7361.

834 F.2d 295 (1987)

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH and Atlantic States Legal Foundation, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce J. Terris, Washington, D.C. (James M. Hecker, Carolyn Smith Pravlik, Terris, Edgecombe, Hecker & Wayne, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants, cross-appellees.

Jonathan P. Nye, Albany, N.Y. (Philip H. Gitlen, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, Albany, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before OAKES and KEARSE, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, District Judge.


BONSAL, District Judge:

This appeal involves the award to the plaintiffs of attorneys' fees and expenses, pursuant to Title V, Section 505 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ("the Act"), 33 U.S.C. § 1365(d) (1982), in the amount of $30,000 by Order of the district court (Telesca, J.) filed on March 23, 1987. 656 F.Supp. 513. The underlying action was settled by a Consent Decree entered on June 27, 1986 which provided...

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