Service Employees International Union, Afl-Cio, and California Democratic Party, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. Fair Political Practices Commission

961 F.2d 217 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO, et al., Plaintiffs, and California Democratic Party, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee, v. FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-15335. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. April 28, 1992. Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 The Fair Political Practices Commission ("FPPC") appeals the district court's order awarding attorney's fees to plaintiff-intervenor, the California Democratic Party ("Party"), under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 . FPPC contends that the Party is not a "prevailing party" within the meaning of section 1988 and that the district court's fee award was unreasonable. 3 The Party is a "prevailing party" within the meaning of section 1988 because (1) it obtained the full benefit it sought in intervening in the action, (2) its participation in the litigation was not minimal, and (3) the nature…