Committee to Defend Reproductive Rights v. a Free Pregnancy Center

Opinion

PETERSON, J.

Appellants, Committee to Defend Reproductive Rights and Carla Abbotts, appeal from an order of the San Francisco Superior Court denying their motion for attorney fees under Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5 (hereafter section 1021.5), the private attorney general statute. They claim the trial court applied the wrong standard when denying their request for fees. We remand to the trial court for further proceedings.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On March 7, 1986, appellants filed a complaint in the San Francisco Superior Court seeking temporary and permanent…