Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians v. Morton
ELR Citation: ELR 20660 No(s). 73-2184 (D.C. Cir. Jun 28, 1974)
The court reverses a district court order requiring the Secretary of the Interior to pay plaintiff's attorney fees and expenses in a successful suit against agency regulations governing water allocations. Statutory liberalization of the traditional judicial doctrine prohibiting awards of costs to pa...