Wallace v. Consumers Cooperative of Berkeley, Inc.

Opinion

SCOTT, J.

The Director of the Department of Food and Agriculture of the State of California (the Director) appeals from an order awarding attorney’s fees pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5 1 to respondents as the successful parties in litigation which challenged the validity of mandatory minimum retail milk prices in the state. Respondents are the Consumers Cooperative of Berkeley, a California corporation, and the Consumers Union of the United States, a nonprofit membership organization.

I

In the late 1930’s the Legislature enacted the Milk Stabilization Act, which…