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TROPE v. KATZ

Docket No. S043227.

11 Cal.4th 274 (1995)

902 P.2d 259

45 Cal. Rptr.2d 241

SORRELL TROPE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BERTRAM BERNARD KATZ, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

October 2, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Trope & Trope and Thomas Paine Dunlap for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Lorraine C. Gollub, Gordon Law Offices, Frieda Gordon, Hill, Farrer & Burrill and Steven W. Bacon as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Hart & Watters and Thomas L. Watters for Defendant and Respondent.

Adrian Van Rijs as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

In this appeal we consider whether an attorney who chooses to litigate in propria persona rather than retain another attorney to represent him in an action to enforce a contract containing an attorney fee provision can nevertheless recover "reasonable attorney's fees" under Civil Code section 1717 (hereafter section 1717) as compensation for the time and effort expended and the professional business opportunities...

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