Legal Opinion
Musaelian v. Adams
California Supreme Court
Decided January 15, 2009No. S156045PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WERDEGAR, J.
Code of Civil Procedure section 128.7 (section 128.7) authorizes trial courts to impose sanctions to check abuses in the filing of pleadings, petitions, written notices of motions or similar papers. Sanctions may include payment to the movant of attorney fees incurred as a consequence of the violation. (§ 128.7, subd. (d).) The issue here is whether section 128.7 allows an award of attorney fees to a party attorney who represented himself or herself in responding to a filing abuse. This issue is similar to one we considered in Trope v. Katz (1995) 11 Cal.4th 274 [45…
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