California Court of Appeal

California Rules of Court, rule 870.2 does not set a time limit for seeking attorney fees under Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5 for fees incurred in successfully litigating postjudgment motions in trial court.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/23/2004
• Published 12/23/2004

Judges

• MARGULIES, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, James Humes, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Douglas M. Press, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Charlton G. Holland III, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendants and Appellants Sandra Shewry et al., Richard A. Rothschild, Western Center on Law & Poverty;  Stephen Ronfeldt, Public InterestLaw Project;  Linton Joaquin, National Immigration Law Center;  Eugenie Denise Mitchell, Brewer & Mitchell, LLP, for Plaintiffs and Respondents George Crespin et al.