United States DC Circuit

A vacated preliminary injunction and a partial summary judgment were not sufficient to make appellees "prevailing parties" for purposes of a fee award under the Equal Access to Justice Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/21/2003
• Decided 06/03/2003
• Published 06/03/2003

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael E. Robinson, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellant.   With him on the brief were Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., U.S. Attorney, and Michael J. Singer, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice.   R. Craig Lawrence and Lisa S. Goldfluss, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, entered appearances.


• For Appellees:
  
• William H. Bode argued the cause for appellees.   With him on the brief was Anne R. Noble., Arthur B. Spitzer, Amanda Frost and Brian Wolfman were on the brief for amici curiae ACLU and Public Citizen, Inc., in support of appellees.