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WESTSIDE COMMUNITY FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING v. OBLEDO

Docket No. L.A. 31561.

33 Cal.3d 348 (1983)

657 P.2d 365

188 Cal. Rptr. 873

WESTSIDE COMMUNITY FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. MARIO G. OBLEDO, as Secretary, etc., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

February 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Thomas E. Warriner, Assistant Attorney General, Floyd D. Shimomura and William F. Soo Hoo, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Fleishman for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Fred Okrand, Terry Smerling, Paul L. Hoffman, Dale L. Gronemeier and Abouaf, Epstein, Myers & Gronemeier as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Did the trial court in this case abuse its discretion in granting attorney fees to plaintiffs pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5?

I.

Section 11135 of the Government Code bars any program or activity funded by the state from unlawfully discriminating against any person "on the basis of ethnic group identification, religion, age, sex, color...

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