Legal Opinion
Sundance v. Municipal Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 29, 1987No. B017363PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KINGSLEY, Acting P. J.
This is an appeal from the award of $536,000 in attorneys’ fees to plaintiffs in a class action. The defendants, other than the City of Los Angeles, attack the award. The plaintiffs cross-appeal from the same award. We reverse and remand.
In 1975, the plaintiffs—four public inebriates and one taxpayer—brought a class action suit against various governmental entities in the City (City) and County of Los Angeles (County) to challenge the prosecution of public inebriates under California’s public intoxication statute (Pen. Code, § 647, subd. (f)). This litigation…
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