Legal Opinion

Guillen v. Contreras

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided November 4, 2008No. 26432-7-IIIPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

195 P.3d 90 (2008)

Jose GUILLEN, City of Sunnyside, Respondents,

v.

Lorena CONTRERAS, guardian of Jesus Jaime Torres, Jr., Appellants.

No. 26432-7-III.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

November 4, 2008.

Todd V. Harms, Attorney at Law, Richland, WA, for Appellants.

Mark Allen Kunkler, Attorney at Law, Sunnyside, WA, for Respondents.

KORSMO., J.

¶ 1 This is an appeal about attorney fees. Claimants prevailed on some of the issues they raised in a forfeiture proceeding, but recovered only a small portion of the value they sought to gain. The trial court declined to award attorney fees to the…

2Cases cited52 opinions

  1. Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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  3. Whatcom County v. City of BellinghamWashington Supreme Court · 1996
  4. State v. KellerWashington Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Kilian v. AtkinsonWashington Supreme Court · 2002

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  5. Snohomish Drug Task Force v. 414 NewbergCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2009

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