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SOS v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B138964.

100 Cal.Rptr.2d 725 (2000)

84 Cal.App.4th 235

SAVE OPEN SPACE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; County of Los Angeles et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Frank P. Angel, Frank P. Angel, Los Angeles, and Curtis M. Horton, for Petitioner.

Law Offices of J. William Yeates, J. William Yeates, Sacramento, and Mary U. Akens, for Planning and Conservation League and Mountain Lion Foundation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Paul D. Fogel, San Francisco, and Jacques LeBoeuf, Oakland, for Sierra Club Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP, Stanley W. Lamport, Los Angeles, Stephen E. Abraham and Valerie L. Flores, Los Angeles, for Real Parties in Interest.

John J. Sansone, County Counsel, (San Diego), Diane Bardsley, Assistant County Counsel, C. Ellen Pilsecker, Senior Deputy County Counsel, for County of San Diego as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

Anthony J. La Bouff, County Counsel, (Placer), and Valerie D. Flood, Deputy County Counsel, for County of Placer as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

BOREN, P.J.

Petitioner, Save Open Space Santa Monica Mountains (SOS), sought attorney fees under California's "private attorney general" statute. The lawsuit concerned proposed land development in an area known as Stokes Canyon. To meet petitioner's claim for an award of "private attorney general" attorney fees, real parties in interest sought to discover the financial obligations and contributions of Stokes Canyon...

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