COLORADO ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION v. ROMER

Civ. A. No. 92-B-625.

796 F.Supp. 457 (1992)

COLORADO ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION, Plaintiff, v. Roy ROMER, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Colorado, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

July 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fern L. Shepard, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff.

James M. Humes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Natural Resources Unit, Denver, Colo., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BABCOCK, District Judge.

Plaintiff moves for its attorney fees and costs under the citizen suit provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C. § 300j-8(d). The issue is adequately briefed and oral argument will not materially aid its resolution. Because plaintiff was a substantially prevailing party and its actions precipitated defendants' decision to enter into a consent decree, attorney fees and costs are...

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