PORTLAND AUDUBON SOC. v. LUJAN

Civ. No. 87-1160-FR.

865 F.Supp. 1464 (1994)

PORTLAND AUDUBON SOCIETY, Head-waters, The Wilderness Society, Sierra Club, Inc., Siskiyou Audubon Society, Central Oregon Audubon Society, Kalmiopsis Audubon Society, Salem Audubon Society, Umpqua Valley Audubon Society, Natural Resources Defense Council, Lane County Audubon Society, and Oregon Natural Resources Council, Plaintiffs, v. Manuel LUJAN, in his official capacity as Secretary, United States Department of Interior, Defendant, and Northwest Forest Resource Council, Huffman & Wright Logging Co., Freres Lumber Co., Inc., Lone Rock Timber Co., Inc., Scott Timber Co., Clear Lumber Manufacturing Corp., Yoncalla Timber Products, Inc., Cornett Lumber Company, Inc., Association of O & C Counties and Benton County, Douglas County Forest Products Company, Medford Corporation, Rogge Forest Products, Inc., Defendants-Intervenors.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

October 31, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor M. Sher, Todd D. True, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Inc., Seattle, WA, for plaintiffs Portland Audubon Soc., Headwaters, Wilderness Soc., Sierra Club, Inc., Siskiyou Audubon Soc., Cent. Or. Audubon Soc., Kalmiopsis Audubon Soc., Salem Audubon Soc., Umpqua Valley Audubon Soc., and Natural Resources Defense Council.

Michael D. Axline, Marianne Dugan, Deborah Mailander, Eugene, OR, for plaintiffs Lane County Audubon Soc. and Or. Natural Resources Council.

Kristine Olson Rogers, U.S. Atty., Thomas C. Lee, Larry A. Brown, Asst. U.S. Attys., Roger W. Nesbit, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, OR, for defendant.

Mark C. Rutzick, Portland, OR, for defendants-intervenors.


FRYE, District Judge.

The matters before the court are (1) the motion of the plaintiffs for fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (# 885); (2) the motion of the defendant to dismiss claim for fees and expenses (# 928); and (3) the motion of the defendant to reinstate award of costs to defendant (# 929).

BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs are the Portland Audubon Society, Headwaters, The Wilderness Society, Sierra Club, Inc., Siskiyou Audubon...

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