Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. City of Turlock

ORDER RE: DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES (Doc. 224)

WANGER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Prevailing Defendants, the City of Tur-lock and the Turlock City Council (collectively, “the City” or “Turlock”), move for an award of attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Plaintiffs, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust (collectively, “Wal-Mart”), oppose the motion.

II. BACKGROUND

The factual background of this case has been discussed at length in several previous decisions. For the purposes of this motion, only a brief summary of facts, most of which where undisputed…