California Court of Appeal

In proceedings following a successful anti-SLAPP motion to strike, judgment for plaintiffs reducing defendant's compensable attorney time from 600 hours to 71 hours is affirmed where: 1) substantial evidence supported a conclusion that defendant counsel raised the fee request with noncompensable hours and vague, indecipherable billing statements, which destroyed the credibility of the submission; and 2) this justified a severe reduction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/13/2008
• Published 08/13/2008

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Ross, Dixon & Bell, Kevin F. Kieffer, Becki F. Kieffer, Jennifer Mathis, Jenece D. Solomon, Irvine, and Michael S. Gower;  ACLU Foundation of Southern California and Peter J. Eliasberg, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant., Tom S. Chun, Irvine, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.