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FLANNERY v. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL

Docket No. A076872.

61 Cal.App.4th 629 (1998)

LESLIE M. FLANNERY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL et al., Defendants and Appellants.

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

February 11, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Tyler B. Pon and Lisa A. Tillman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Appellants.

Amitai Schwartz, Dennis M. Farias, Prentice & Scott, John Houston Scott and John F. Prentice for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

STRANKMAN, P.J.

The principal question in this appeal is whether a California court must apply standards applicable to federal fee-shifting statutes when it awards reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing plaintiff in an action under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq.; FEHA). We conclude that California law, not federal law, applies. Nevertheless, we also conclude that the order...

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