Tulalip Tribes of Washington v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, National Wildlife Federation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

749 F.2d 1367 TULALIP TRIBES OF WASHINGTON, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN TRIBE, et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. Nos. 83-7139, 83-7140 and 83-7149. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 13, 1984. Decided Dec. 21, 1984. Allen H. Sanders, James H. Jones, Bell & Ingram, P.S., Everett, Wash., Robert L. Otsea, Jr., Seattle, Wash., Christopher H. Meyer, Washington, D.C., for petitioners. Joshua Z. Rokach, F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., for respondent. On Petitions for Review of Orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Before WRIGHT and HUG, Circuit Judges, and EAST, * Senior District Judge. EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge: In Tulalip Tribes of Washington v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 732 F.2d 1451 (9th Cir.1984), these petitioners prevailed in their challenge to a final rule adopted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Petitioners subsequently moved for an award of attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act and sought…