Real Estate/Development,
Civil Litigation,
California Supreme Court
Jul. 1, 2021
Supreme Court to decide issue over fees in political law cases
The plaintiffs’ attorneys, John D. Spurling and Betty M. Shumener of Shumener, Odson & Oh LLP, asked the state Supreme Court to review the 2nd District Court of Appeal ruling that they said contradicts two 1st District decisions.
Should a prevailing defendant in a Political Reform Act case be able to collect attorney fees only if the lawsuit was frivolous? The state Supreme Court has decided to take up the issue following a heated political fight in Redondo Beach.
The high court granted a petition for review after the 2nd District Court of Appeal in March upheld, in part, a judgment from Los Angeles County Judge $95
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