GREATER DETROIT RES. RECOVERY AUTH. v. U.S. E.P.A.

No. 88-2269.

916 F.2d 317 (1990)

GREATER DETROIT RESOURCE RECOVERY AUTHORITY and Combustion Engineering, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Pirich, Noah Eliezer Yanich, Steven D. Weyhing (argued), Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Lansing, Mich., for Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority.

Stanley M. Gorinson, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Washington, D.C., C. Douglas Floyd (argued), Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., for Combustion Engineering, Inc.

Michael M. Wenig, Thomas R. Lotterman, U.S. Dept. of Justice Land & Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., Gregory B. Foote, E.P.A. Air & Radiation Div., Washington, D.C., for Valdas V. Adamkus, Regional Administrator, Region V.

Michael M. Wenig, Thomas R. Lotterman, Peter R. Steenland (argued), J. Carol Williams, U.S. Dept. of Justice Land & Natural Resources Div., Gregory B. Foote, Washington, D.C., for U.S. E.P.A.

Before MERRITT, Chief Judge, KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge, and GRAHAM, District Judge.


GRAHAM, District Judge.

Defendant-appellant, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), appeals from the order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan awarding attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412. This litigation involves a municipal solid waste incinerator and steam generating plant owned by the Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority (GDRRA), a public body created by the...

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