Question 1. Does California's legal framework — whereby prevailing parties' claims for contractual attorney's fees are adjudicated summarily as claims for costs, whereas other, contractual, monetary claims are adjudicated plenarily as claims for damages — violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause?

Question 2. Does California's legal framework — whereby prevailing parties' claims for contractual attorney's fees are adjudicated summarily as claims for costs, whereas other types of claims for attorney's fees are adjudicated plenarily as claims for damages — violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause?

Question 3. Does California's legal framework — whereby prevailing parties' claims for contractual attorney's fees are determined by the court, whereas other contractual, monetary claims may be determined by the jury — violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause?

Does California's legal framework for adjudicating prevailing parties' claims for contractual attorney's fees violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause?