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SERRANO v. UNRUH

Docket No. L.A. 31496.

32 Cal.3d 621 (1982)

652 P.2d 985

186 Cal. Rptr. 754

JOHN SERRANO, JR., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. JESSE M. UNRUH, as State Treasurer, et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

October 28, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Sidney M. Wolinsky, John E. McDermott, Richard A. Rothschild, Fred H. Altshuler, Stephen P. Berzon, Michael Rubin and Altshuler & Berzon for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

David B. Roe, Terry Smerling, Fred Okrand and Mark D. Rosenbaum as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, and John J. Klee, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for Defendants and Appellants.

John H. Larson, County Counsel (Los Angeles), and Frederick R. Bennett, Principal Deputy County Counsel, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

OPINION

NEWMAN, J.

The principal question in this appeal and cross-appeal is whether a fee award under a private-attorney-general theory (Code Civ. Proc., § 1021.5) properly compensates counsel for fee-related services.1 We conclude that, absent circumstances rendering an award unjust, the fee should ordinarily include compensation for all hours reasonably...

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