P1353 Unless a public attorney general was available to enforce the right at issue, if private attorney general fees are awarded to a public entity under Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5, such fees cannot be denied to a private party who participated in the litigation and succeeded alongside the public entity.CitationSTATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD CASES (Public Entity Assist) 161 CA4 304 [See: CCP 1021.5; State Water Resources Control Bd Cases, 136 CA4 674; City of SM v Stewart 126 CA4 43 P/AT 3/05 ]
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