United States Sixth Circuit

In a Clean Water Act case, an award of attorney's fees to the Sierra Club and individual plaintiff, and against defendant-county, is affirmed in part but remanded where: 1) the district court did not err in determining that the Sierra Club was entitled to recover attorney's fees as a "prevailing or substantially prevailing party" in the case; 2) a remand was required for a particularized determination of the amount of the award.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/18/2007
• Published 10/18/2007

Judges

• Before:  MARTIN and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges;  REEVES, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Andrew S. Tulumello, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.  D. David Altman, D. David Altman Co., LPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Andrew S. Tulumello, Michael K. Murphy, Peter P. Murphy, Amir C. Tayrani, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.  D. David Altman, Amy M. Hartford, Amy J. Leonard, D. David Altman CO., LPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, Albert J. Slap, Law Office of Albert J. Slap, Aspen, Colorado, for Appellees.