In any action or proceeding under Section 1600 or Section 1601, if the court finds the failure of the corporation to comply with a proper demand thereunder was without justification, the court may award an amount sufficient to reimburse the shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate for the reasonable expenses incurred by such holder, including attorneys’ fees, in connection with such action or proceeding.
Cal. Corp. Code § 1604
Rights of Inspection
Known as the General Corporation Law
The act spans §§ 100–2319 (398 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 121 Cal. App. 4th 1238 - Jara v. Suprema Meats, Inc. (2004)
Most recently applied in 4 Cal. 5th 467 - Heller Ehrman LLP v. Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (March 2018)
Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 682.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.