Legal Opinion
Christian Research Institute v. Alnor
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 13, 2008No. G039424PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARONSON, J.
William Alnor appeals from a postjudgment order awarding him $21,300 in attorney fees as the prevailing defendant on his anti-SLAPP motion to strike. Alnor contends his counsel reasonably expended more than 600 hours on the motion and the ensuing appeal, but the trial court disagreed, reducing the compensable attorney time to just 71 hours. Substantial evidence supports the trial court’s conclusion counsel leavened the fee request with noncompensable hours and vague, indecipherable billing statements, destroying the credibility of the submission and therefore justifying a…
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