Is there any case law or precedent for apportioning attorney's fees between defendants?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gutierrez v. Vantia Props., LLC, Case No. 1:13-cv-00642-LJO-SKO (E.D. Cal. 2014):
Code of Civil Procedure 1021.5, noting that liability for the fees among defendants was joint and several); Corder v. Gates, 947 F.2d 374 (district court did not err in refusing to apportion attorney's fees among defendants in awarding fees under Section 1988).
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