Legal Opinion
Bouvia v. County of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 29, 1987No. Docket Nos. B024452, B022775PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COMPTON, J.
In this consolidated appeal, plaintiff Elizabeth Bouvia seeks review of two separate orders 1 denying her requests for an award of attorney’s fees under the private attorney general doctrine codified in Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5 and the federal Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Award Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. § 1988). 2 We affirm in part and reverse in part.
This is the second time the instant case has come before us. In 1986, Bouvia, then 28 years old and suffering from severe cerebral palsy, sought the removal of a nasogastric feeding tube inserted against her will by…
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- City of Oklahoma v. TuttleSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by28 opinions
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