California Court of Appeal

An appellate court has inherent authority to impose sanctions in the form of attorney fees against an attorney for factual misrepresentations or violation of court rules.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/12/2001
• Published 01/12/2001

Judges

• KLINE, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  James J. Braze, Gail Stimmel Braze, Braze Law Offices, Petaluma, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, Lisa M. Carvalho, Stephen S. Mayne and James M. Grady, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent Bank of America., Law Offices of Howard R. Melamed and Robert W. Drane, Walnut Creek, for Defendant and Respondent Clifford Egan., Cesari, Werner & Moriarty and Charles P. Shea, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent Robert I. Segbarth.,  Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Costa Mesa, and Frederick Bruce Legernes, for Defendant and Respondent Michael Meleyco.