Legal Opinion
Vargas v. City of Salinas
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 18, 2011No. H035207PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PREMO, J.
Plaintiffs Angelina Morfin Vargas and Mark Dierolf sued defendants City of Salinas and city manager, David Mora (collectively City), for alleged misuse of public funds. The suit was dismissed as a SLAPP1 under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, the so-called anti-SLAPP law.2 The ensuing judgment was affirmed by this court and by the Supreme Court. (Vargas v. City of Salinas (2009) 46 Cal.4th 1 [92 Cal.Rptr.3d 286, 205 P.3d 207] (Vargas I).) Plaintiffs now appeal from postjudgment attorney fees orders.
Plaintiffs moved for attorney fees under section 1021.5, the private…
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