United States DC Circuit

The Clean Air Act, unlike statutes that authorize attorneys' fees awards only to prevailing parties, permits a fee award to "catalyst" parties who obtain, through settlement or otherwise, substantial relief prior to adjudication on the merits.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/23/2003
• Decided 03/18/2003
• Published 03/18/2003

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and ROGERS and TATEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David S. Baron argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• David J. Kaplan, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for respondents.   With him on the brief was Jan M. Tierney, Attorney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.