Charlotte B Milliner v. Mutual Securities, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CHARLOTTE B. MILLINER, et al., Case No. 15-cv-03354-DMR

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING MOTIONS FOR

v. ATTORNEYS' FEES

MUTUAL SECURITIES, INC., Re: Dkt. Nos. 233, 235 Defendant.

12 Plaintiffs Charlotte B. Milliner and Joann Brem executed a written settlement agreement with Defendant Mutual Securities, Inc. (“MSI”) on June 1, 2018. MSI later filed a motion to enforce the settlement agreement and the stipulated protective order entered in this case, arguing that Plaintiffs and their counsel, David Sturgeon-Garcia, had breached them. The court ruled on portions of the motion in July 2019 and held one part in abeyance pending the issuance of a determinative decision by the California Supreme Court. In June 2021, the court ruled on the remaining dispute. Both sides now move for awards of attorneys’ fees pursuant to a provision in the settlement agreement and California Civil Code section 1717, each arguing that it is the prevailing…