Morel v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “(4) If the motion is granted, the court shall, after opportunity for hearing, require the party or deponent whose conduct necessitated the motion or the party or attorney advising such conduct or both of them to pay to the moving party the reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining the order, including attorney’s fees, unless the court finds that the opposition to the motion was substantially justified or that other circumstances make an award of expenses unjust. If the motion is denied, the court shall, after opportunity for hearing, require the moving party or the attorney advising the motion or both of them to pay to the party or deponent who opposed the motion the reasonable expenses incurred in opposing the motion, including attorney’s fees, unless the court finds that the making of the motion was substantially justified or that other circumstances make an award of expenses unjust. If the motion is granted in part and denied in part, the court may apportion the reasonable expenses incurred in relation to the motion among the parties and persons in a just manner. A panel of this court has previously stated: Code of Civil Procedure Article 1469 does not grant the statutory authority for the award of attorney’s fees, where ... the motion to compel answers to the interrogatory is granted in part and denied in part. Rather, under the wording of the article, the court’s authority is limited to “apportionment of the reasonable expenses incurred in relation to the motion”. In the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 693 So. 2d 853 - Carter v. Texas Industries