California Supreme Court· 11/20/2008
Vasquez v. California
Citations
- 45 Cal. 4th 243
- 195 P.3d 1049
- 85 Cal. Rptr. 3d 466
- 2008 Cal. LEXIS 13628
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “within the statutory parameters[,] courts retain considerable discretion” and that a reviewing court will generally “uphold the trial court’s decision to award attorney fees under section 1021.5, unless the court has abused its discretion”
- noting that “[e]ven the federal courts, which reject the catalyst theory, recognize a 20 consent decree as a sufficient basis for awarding attorney fees.”
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Judges: Werdegar
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- Martinez v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court· 2010-11-15· cited 60×
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- People v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2019-04-16· cited 26×
- People v. MazumderCalifornia Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2019-04-24· cited 24×
- Children etc. Com. of Fresno County v. BrownCalifornia Court of Appeal· 2014-07-22· cited 23×
- Benson v. Southern California Auto Sales, Inc.California Court of Appeal· 2015-08-27· cited 23×
- Roe v. HalbigCalifornia Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2018-11-20· cited 23×
- Esparza v. Kaweah Delta District HospitalCalifornia Court of Appeal· 2016-09-21· cited 21×
- People v. JerniganCalifornia Court of Appeal· 2014-07-10· cited 17×
Other cases named Vasquez v. California
12 other CourtListener records share this case name.
- Vasquez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 2002-03-18
- Vasquez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1968-06-03
- Vasquez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1970-06-01
- Vasquez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1975-10-06
- Vasquez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1988-08-26
- Vasquez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1988-08-26
- Vasquez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1999-03-22
- Vasquez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1999-03-22
- Vasquez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 2002-03-18
- Vasquez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 2002-03-18
- Vasquez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 2019-10-07
- Vasquez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 2019-11-04
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