ESSO STANDARD OIL CO. v. LOPEZ FREYTES

Civil No. 03-2319 (CCC)(JA).

577 F.Supp.2d 553 (2008)

ESSO STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Puerto Rico), Plaintiff v. Carlos W. LÓPEZ FREYTES, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

September 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Nevares, John F. Nevares & Assoc. PSC, San Juan, PR, PHV Lawrence P. Riff, PVH Jason Levin, Steptoe & Johnson LLP CA, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff.

Edwin Quinones, Gary H. Montilla-Brogan, Quinones, Sanchez & Guzman, PSC, Hector R. Diaz-Gonzalez, Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, Maria L. Santiago-Ramos, Landron & Vera, Vivian Gonzalez-Mendez, Department of Justice, Edward W. Hill-Tollinche, San Juan, PR, Humberto Guzman-Rodriguez, Luis A. Rodriguez-Munoz, Landron & Vera LLP, Guaynabo, PR, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

JUSTO ARENAS, United States Chief Magistrate Judge.

This matter is before the court on motion by plaintiff Esso Standard Oil Company ("Esso") for an award of reasonable attorney's fees in the amount of $1,594,696.55 and expenses in the amount of $107,782.61 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b). (Docket Nos. 242 & 243.) Defendants filed an opposition alleging that Esso provided ambiguous and unclear supporting documents for its...

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