California Court of Appeal

Postjudgment order awarding attorney's fees to plaintiff as the successful party in a proceeding under the California Environmental Quality Act is affirmed over claims of real party that: 1) plaintiff is not entitled to a fee award because her personal interest was her primary motivation for prosecuting this proceeding; 2) defendant city was solely at fault and should bear the entire fee award; and 3) an award of attorney fees against a party that is without fault impermissibly infringes that party's First Amendment right to petition.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/17/2007
• Published 10/17/2007

Judges

• CROSKEY, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Law Offices of L. Douglas Brown and L. Douglas Brown, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John B. Murdoch, for Plaintiff and Respondent.