Serrano v. Priest

Opinion

STEPHENS, Acting P. J.

The present appeal — the fifth in this protracted proceeding — stems from the repeated efforts of plaintiffs’ counsel to enforce a trial court judgment awarding them attorneys’ fees. The trial court filed its initial order on August 1, 1975, directing the various state defendants to pay $400,000 each to Public Advocates, Inc. (Public Advocates) and the Western Center on Law and Poverty, Inc. (Western Center), counsel for plaintiffs and respondents throughout this landmark litigation. The attorneys’ fee award followed plaintiffs’ constitutional challenge to public…