California Court of Appeal

Order awarding attorney's fees under Government Code section 6259(d) is affirmed over claims of error that: 1) the lodestar amount, calculated by multiplying the number of attorney, law student and paralegal hours by the hourly market rate for each of their services, should have been reduced by two-thirds to reflect plaintiff's partial success, which the defendant described as a "lack of success on two of [her] three central demands"; and 2) plaintiff was not entitled to a lodestar enhancement in light of her partial success.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/29/2008
• Published 10/29/2008

Judges

• BAMATTRE-MANOUKIAN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Joel Franklin, Law Offices of Joel Franklin, Michael W. Stamp, Law Offices of Michael W. Stamp, Monterey, CA, for Plaintiffs and Respondents., Wendy Strimling, Office of the County Counsel, Salinas, CA, for Defendant and Appellant.