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MARINE FORESTS SOCIETY v. CALIFORNIA COASTAL COM'N

No. C052872.

74 Cal.Rptr.3d 32 (2008)

160 Cal.App.4th 867

MARINE FORESTS SOCIETY et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMISSION, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of California, Third District.

March 4, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Tom Greene, Chief Assistant Attorney General, J. Matthew Rodriquez, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Lisa Trankley, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendant and Appellant.

The Zumbrun Law Firm, Ronald A. Zumbrun and Mark A. Teh, Sacramento, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

SCOTLAND, P.J.

At issue in this appeal is whether Marine Forests Society (Marine Forests) qualifies for an award of attorney fees pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5 (hereafter section 1021.5), which entitles a "successful" litigant to such an award when its lawsuit "resulted in the enforcement of an important right affecting the public" and, among other things, "a significant benefit, whether pecuniary...

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