Court Opinion

ID: 9686136
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 15:30:48.905074+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:15.328348
License: Public Domain

LEVINE, Justice,
concurring specially.
While I join in both the rationale and the result of the majority opinion I add this recommendation. Because the trial court has no knowledge about a case as it winds its way through the appellate process, the question arises whether this Court should not simply go ahead and award attorney’s fees on appeal. Yet, this Court is not an evidence-gathering entity so that receiving affidavits and/or holding hearings on the issue of attorney’s fees on appeal seems to run counter to our usual appellate role. If there is any interest in this issue on the part of the bench and bar, I suggest that it be brought before the Joint Procedure Committee for its study and recommendation to this Court.