Wakeman v. Lyon

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the 4 “legal basis for an award of attorney fees” under the relevant statute is a question of law
• holding that actions to avoid enforcement of 25 contractual rights qualify
• a defendant 18 “is not entitled to the fees incurred in defending against factual or legal issues unique to 19 [a plaintiff’s] noncontract claim”
• action is “on a 4 contract” if it “arises out of, is based upon, or relates to an agreement by seeking to 5 define or interpret its terms or to determine or enforce a party’s rights or duties under the 6 agreement”
• outlining differences between promissory estoppel claim and contract claim
• collecting cases distinguishing between the two causes of action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).