Science Applications International Corp. v. Superior Court

Opinion

FROEHLICH, J.*

We issued an opinion earlier in the year in this action affirming the judgment except for certain costs.* 1 Specifically, we reversed the attorney fees in full, but remanded the items designated “litigation expenses” for redetermination suggesting that “most if not all” of them would be disallowed as ordinary costs. On remand, the trial court awarded the bulk of the original items, not as ordinary costs but as “litigation expenses.”

We hold the prevailing party in this case is not entitled to litigation expenses which represent high-powered computer support akin to…