CRISTINA VASQUEZ, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Appellant.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 20, 2008.
November 20, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Archer Norris, Thomas S. Clifton, Colin C. Munro, Sonny T. Lee; Niddrie, Fish & Buchanan and Martin N. Buchanan for Defendant and Appellant.
Jarvis, Fay, Doporto & Gibson, Jarvis, Fay & Doporto and Andrea J. Saltzman for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Tom Greene, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Theodora Berger, Assistant Attorney General, and Edward G. Weil, Deputy Attorney General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Rubin & Demain, Altshuler Berzon, Michael Rubin, Katherine M. Pollock; Law Offices of Robert Berke, Robert Berke, Joseph A. Pertel; Law Offices of Robert S. Gerstein, Robert S. Gerstein; Law Offices of Janet Herold and Janet Herold for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Deborah J. La Fetra for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
The Impact Fund, Brad Seligman, Julia Campins; Litt, Estuar, Harrison & Kitson, Barret S. Litt and Paul J. Estuar as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
Richard Rothschild; Law Offices of Richard M. Pearl and Richard M. Pearl for Los Angeles County Bar Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
WERDEGAR, J.
Under the so-called private attorney general statute (Code Civ. Proc., § 1021.5, sometimes hereafter section 1021.5), a court may award attorney fees to the successful party in an action that has resulted in the enforcement of an important right affecting the public interest. In Graham v. DaimlerChrysler Corp. (2004) 34 Cal.4th 553, 560 [21 Cal.Rptr...
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