Opinion ID: 1161670
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Fees for motions for summary judgment

Text: Belluomini opposes the award of attorney's fees for Fred Meyer's motions for summary judgment, totaling $32,186.50, because those motions were unsuccessful. Fred Meyer defends the fee award, asserting that it did not have to prevail to be awarded fees. We have addressed this question squarely, in Gold Bondholders Protective Council v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, stating, This contention is untenable. Rule 82(a) does not require that attorneys' fees be calculated with reference to the disposition of individual issues. Rather, it expressly provides that a reasonable award of fees shall be made, at the trial court's discretion, to the prevailing party. The clear meaning of that provision is that the party who prevails on the principal dispositive issue is entitled to reasonable costs calculated according to the trial court's discretion. [19] We see no reason to depart from that holding here.