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BUI v. NGUYEN

No. H039310.

230 Cal.App.4th 1357 (2014)

179 Cal. Rptr. 3d 523

VIEN T. BUI, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. TRANG KIM NGUYEN et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

October 28, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dumont Law Offices and Mary T. Dumont for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Jaurigue Law Group, Michael J. Jaurigue , Nam H. Le , Christine M. Pham and Abigail Ameri Zelenski for Defendants and Appellants.

OPINION

MÁRQUEZ, J. —

When a lawsuit enforces "an important right affecting the public interest" and the statutory criteria under section 1021.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure are satisfied, a private litigant may recover his or her attorney fees.1 One criterion under section 1021.5 is that private enforcement of the public right vindicated in the lawsuit was necessary. (Conservatorship of Whitley...

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