P0991 In an action successfully challenging the constitutionality of various statutes, advocacy groups who first appeared as amici curia in favor of the statutes and then were designated as real parties in interest because the public agencies that were sued chose not to defend the statutes were not "opposing parties" against whom attorney fees should be awarded within the meaning of the private attorney general statute.CitationCONNERLY v STATE (Private AG) 37 C4 1169 [See: CCP 1021.5; Graham v DaimlerChrysler 34 C4 553, P/AT 1/05]
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