Supreme Court of California

Code of Civil Procedure section 128.7, which authorizes trial courts to impose sanctions to check abuses in the filing of pleadings, petitions, written notices of motions or similar papers, does not authorize sanctions in the form of an award of attorney fees to self-represented attorneys.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/15/2009
• Published 01/15/2009

Judges

• WERDEGAR, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Law Office of John G. Warner and John G. Warner for Objector and Appellant., Cyrus Sanai as Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark T. Clausen for Defendants and Respondents.