TEXAS FOOD INDUSTRY ASSOC. v. USDA

No. 95-50060.

81 F.3d 578 (1996)

TEXAS FOOD INDUSTRY ASSOC., National-American Wholesale Grocers' Assoc./International Foodservice Distributors Assoc., National Grocers Assoc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Fleder, Washington, DC, David L. Durkin, Washington, DC, David L. Orr, Kuperman, Orr, Mouer and Albers, Austin, TX, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Katherine S. Gruenheck, Washington, DC, William Kanter, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Frank W. Hunger, Office of the United States Attorney General, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, Michael Jay Singer, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, James H. DeAtley, Austin, TX, for defendant-appellant.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, JOLLY and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

The National-American Wholesale Grocers' Association/International Foodservice Distributors Association ("NAWGA") is a national trade association comprised of over 200 wholesale grocery distribution companies, a number of which are multi-billion dollar corporations. NAWGA prevailed in litigation against the United States. It now seeks an award of attorneys' fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act ("EAJA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2412 et...

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