Legal Opinion
Filipino Accountants' Ass'n v. State Board of Accountancy
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 25, 1984No. Civ. 22735PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SIMS, J.
Respondents California State Board of Accountancy and its individual members (hereafter Board) appeal from a judgment awarding attorneys’ fees to counsel for petitioner Filipino Accountants’ Association, Inc., et al. (hereafter petitioners) pursuant to section 1988 of title 42 of the United States Code 1 after petitioners had prevailed in litigation against the Board. The Board does not contest the amount of fees awarded; it simply challenges the authority of the court to award fees under section 1988.
We conclude that, pursuant to decisions of the United States Supreme Court,…
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