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MEISTER v. REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CAL.

No. H016022.

78 Cal.Rptr.2d 913 (1998)

67 Cal.App.4th 437

Robert MEISTER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. The REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

Rehearing Denied November 23, 1998.

Review Denied January 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald D. Bowden, Dawson, Passafuime & Bowden, Inc., Sanford Jay Rosen, Rosen, Bien & Asaro, LLP, William H.D. Fernholz, San Francisco, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

James E. Hoist, John F. Lundberg, Oakland, Dennis P. Howell, Grunsky, Ebey, Farrar & Howell, Salinas, David M. Birnbaum, Martin Stein, Timothy T. Coates and Alison M. Turner, Beverly Hills, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, LLP, for Defendants and Respondents.

MIHARA, Associate Justice.

Plaintiff prevailed in a civil action against defendants. He recovered $25,000 in noneconomic damages and $2,500 in punitive damages and obtained an injunction. The court also awarded him his "reasonable attorney's fees." However, the court's calculation of "reasonable attorney's fees" yielded but a small fraction of the total amount plaintiff had been charged by his attorneys. In this appeal, plaintiff challenges the trial court's methodology...

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