Pennsylvania Envtl. Defense Found. v. Canon-McMillan Sch. Dist.

ELR Citation: ELR 21506
No(s). 97-3136 (3d Cir. Aug 11, 1998)

The court holds that a district court should have used the lodestar approach in awarding an environmental group attorney fees under Federal Water Pollution Control Act §505. The court first holds that the district court has not made an independent judgment in its award of attorney fees. The distric...