BELTH v. GARAMENDI

Docket No. A051541.

232 Cal.App.3d 896 (1991)

283 Cal. Rptr. 829

JOSEPH M. BELTH, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOHN GARAMENDI, as Insurance Commissioner, etc., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

July 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert C. Fellmeth and Carl K. Oshiro for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Timothy G. Laddish, Assistant Attorney General and Richard F. Finn, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

KING, J.

In this case we hold that Government Code section 6259, subdivision (d), mandates an award of court costs and reasonable attorney fees to a plaintiff who prevails in litigation filed under the California Public Records Act. We further hold that the plaintiff has prevailed within the meaning of the statute when he or she files an action which results in defendant releasing a copy of a previously withheld document....

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