California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Bowman v. City of Berkeley, 131 Cal.App.4th 173, 31 Cal.Rptr.3d 447 (Cal. App. 2005):
were the "real basis" for the action].) However, a party can be expected to have some concrete personal interest in the issue being litigated (Press v. Lucky Stores, Inc. (1983) 34 Cal.3d 311, 321, fn. 11, 193 Cal.Rptr. 900, 667 P.2d 704), and a "so-called `nimby' (not in my backyard) personal interest" in the outcome of the suit does not automatically preclude a fee award (Families Unafraid to Uphold Rural El Dorado County v. Board of Supervisors, supra, at p. 514, 516, 94 Cal.Rptr.2d 205).
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