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Appellate Practice

Apr. 14, 2006

Union Official Earned Her Pay in Inmate Labor Lawsuit

LOS ANGELES - A union official who helped inmates win fair wages for prison labor has won $1.25 million in attorney fees over objections from state lawyers that she overbilled taxpayers for her litigation labors.

By Leslie Simmons
Daily Journal Staff Writer
      A union official who helped inmates win fair wages for prison labor has won $1.25 million in attorney fees over objections from state lawyers that she overbilled taxpayers for her litigation labors.
      An appeals panel on Wednesday agreed with a San Diego judge that the union official earned her payday because she provided a p...

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