In Ponte v. County of Calaveras, ordered published August 15, 2017, the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed both a summary judgment granted to the defendant county and an award of attorney fees to the County under Code of Civil Procedure section 1038. The plaintiff contractor alleged that he performed work on a land failure on county…
In Sukumar v. City of San Diego, published August 15, 2017, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division 1 reversed a trial court decision denying a fee motion brought by a California Public Records Act petitioner whose petition was defeated. The petitioner sought records about his property and his neighbors. Not satisfied with the city's production…
In County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors v. Superior Court (ACLU), ordered published June 22, 2017, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 3, addressed this case on remand from the California Supreme Court. The Supreme Court's opinion ruled that billing invoices from outside counsel to public entities in pending cases are exempt from the…
In Irvine Unified School Dist. v. K.G., published April 13, 2017, a divided panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an attorney fee award to a student under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, but reversed the order setting the amount of the award and remanded the matter back to the district court for…
In M.C. v. Antelope Valley Union High School Dist., published March 27, 2017, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court order affirming an administrative law judge's decision in a due process hearing brought by the parent of a blind child under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The parent alleged that the child's…