What is the test for an award of attorneys' fees on appeal?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Hill v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n, 1 Cal.App.4th 1398, 273 Cal.Rptr. 402 (Cal. App. 1990):

An appellate court is to infer all findings necessary to support a trial court's decision awarding attorneys' fees. (Beach Colony II v. California Coastal Com., supra, 166 Cal.App.3d at p. 110, 212 Cal.Rptr. 485.) An award of attorneys' fees will not be reversed on appeal unless there is a prejudicial abuse of discretion amounting to a manifest miscarriage of justice. (State of California v. County of Santa Clara (1983) 142 Cal.App.3d 608, 616, 191

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