PRIVATE-ATTORNEY-GENERAL DOCTRINE

By SovConn | July 28, 2014

private-attorney-general doctrine. The equitable principle that allows the recovery of attorney’s fees to a party who brings a lawsuit that benefits a significant number of people, requires private enforcement, and is important to society as a whole. [Cases: Costs 194.42; Federal Civil Procedure 2737.2. C.J.S. Costs § 130.]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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