MARIA P. v. RILES

Docket No. L.A. 32086.

43 Cal.3d 1281 (1987)

743 P.2d 932

240 Cal. Rptr. 872

MARIA P., a Minor, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. WILSON RILES, as Superintendent, etc., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

October 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Charlton G. Holland and Thomas E. Warriner, Assistant Attorneys General, Anne S. Pressman and John H. Sanders, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Appellants.

Richard M. Pearl, Mary K. Gillespie, Pearl, McNeill & Gillespie, Pearl, McNeill, Gillespie & Standish, Ronald T. Vera, Susan Brown, Stefan M. Rosenzweig and Ralph S. Abascal for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

BROUSSARD, J.

In this case, we are asked to determine the propriety of the trial court's award of attorney fees to plaintiffs under Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5.1 In particular, we must determine: (1) whether the trial court is divested of jurisdiction to award attorney fees by its dismissal of an action not brought to trial within five years; (2) whether the trial court properly found...

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