Holding that for purposes of claiming a fee award pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, "counsel bears the burden of submitting detailed time records justifying the hours claimed to have been expended."
Holding that brief served as notice of appeal from determination of award of attorney's fees despite fact that fees determined after appeal noticed from underlying judgment
55 Cal.App.4th 669 (Cal. Ct. App. 1997) Cited 107 times
Concluding that statements were about public issues because they were about an HOA's decisions regarding governance, including whether the manager was competent to continue managing the community of 3,000 community members
179 Cal.App.4th 75 (Cal. Ct. App. 2009) Cited 51 times
In Jackson v. Yarbray (2009) 179 Cal.App.4th 75, the court held that the reporter's transcript of a hearing on a motion for attorney fees, along with a notice of ruling, was sufficient to confirm the existence of a legally cognizable order awarding attorney fees, which precluded a collateral challenge to the reasonable value of the legal services covered by the award in a subsequent malicious prosecution action.
553 F. Supp. 2d 1178 (S.D. Cal. 2008) Cited 31 times
Noting that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d)'s fourteen-day timing requirement was applicable even though fee application was based on California substantive law but granting defendants' motion for an extension of time because of excusable neglect