What is the test for a motion for attorney fees under private attorney general theory?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Slayton v. Pomona Unified School Dist., 161 Cal.App.3d 538, 207 Cal.Rptr. 705 (Cal. App. 1984):
Here, as in Baggett v. Gates, supra, 32 Cal.3d 128, 185 Cal.Rptr. 232, 649 P.2d 874, an analysis of petitioners' action leads to the inescapable conclusion that there was no reasonable basis for the trial court's denial of petitioners' motion for attorney fees under a private attorney general theory. (Id., 32 Cal.3d at p. 143, 185 Cal.Rptr. 232, 649 P.2d 874.) Petitioners
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