Roberts v. Packard, Packard & Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 31 U.S.C. § 3729 (False Claims Act) · 31 U.S.C. § 3730 (False Claims Act)
Relies on 9 Cal. 4th 863 - Chia-Lee Hsu v. Abbara · 33 Cal. 3d 778 - Christensen v. Dewor Developments · 158 Cal. App. 4th 796 - Otay River Constructors v. San Diego Expressway · 121 Cal. App. 4th 664 - Salawy v. Ocean Towers Housing Corp. · Frog Creek Partners, LLC v. Vance Brown, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“the trial court is to compare the relief awarded on the contract claim or claims with the parties' demands on those same claims and their litigation objectives as disclosed by the pleadings, trial briefs, opening statements, and similar sources. The prevailing party determination is to be made only upon final resolution of the contract claims and only by”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[U]nder Civil Code section 1717, there may only be one prevailing party entitled to attorney fees on a given contract in a given lawsuit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[p]rocedural steps taken during pending litigation are not an 'action' within the meaning of section 1717”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.