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California decision chills public interest litigation
February 29, 2012 | By BRIAN HODGES
Earlier today, the California Supreme Court denied review of the case Vargas v. City of Salinas, which sought review of an outrageous, ruinous award of over $250,000 in attorneys' fees against two individuals who brought a nonfrivolous public interest lawsuit against a city (they won a legal issue, but lost on the facts). PLF filed an amicus lette ...