Key Tronic Corporation v. United States

984 F.2d 1025 36 ERC 1089 , 23 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,558 KEY TRONIC CORPORATION, a Washington Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America; United States Department of the Air Force; Donald B. Rice, Secretary of the United States Air Force, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellants. No. 91-36021. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 2, 1992. Decided Jan. 28, 1993. M. Alice Thurston, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellants. Mark W. Schneider, Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before: SNEED, ALARCON and CANBY, Circuit Judges. ALARCON, Circuit Judge: 1 The United States Air Force (Air Force) appeals from the award of $155,500 in attorneys' fees to Key Tronic Corporation (Key Tronic) in this private response cost recovery action. The district court held that the Air Force was liable to pay to Key Tronic attorneys' fees as necessary response costs for prosecuting this private response cost recovery action in the district court, for legal expenses incurred searching for other potentially responsible parties…