Litigation
Jan. 3, 2002
Personal Interest
Forum Column by Philip J. Hess - California once looked with favor on private-attorney-general fee awards. Within a five-day period, Serrano v. Priest , 20 Cal.3d 25 (1977), upheld judicial discretion to make such awards in constitutional litigation, and the Legislature passed Code of Civil Procedure 1021.5, granting authority to the courts to award fees in cases enforcing constitutional or statutory rights.
California once looked with favor on private-attorney-general fee awards. Within a five-day period, Serrano v. Priest, 20 Cal.3d 25 (1977), upheld judicial discretion to make such awards in constitutional litigation, and the Legislature passed Code of Civil Procedure 1021.5, granting author...
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