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US v. Certain Real Prop.

Asset Forfeiture, Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure
In the government's appeal from an attorney's fee award following the dismissal of the government's civil forfeiture action, the award is reversed...

Wood v. Santa Monica Escrow Co.

Attorney's Fees, Elder Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Trial court judgment denying plaintiff's motion for attorney's fees is affirmed where the trial and appeal are a single proceeding and defendant was...

Abdi Jama v. Esmor Correctional Services, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Government Law, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a dispute over damages and attorney's fees stemming from a Religious Freedom Restoration Act and tort action, district court judgment is vacated...

Wedgetail, Ltd. v. Huddleston Deluxe, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a dispute over attorney's fees in a patent infringement action, the district court's decision not to award attorney's fees is affirmed where: 1)...

Local 917, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of a decision of the NLRB is denied where the Board properly ruled that plaintiff's effort to enforce the work preservation clause...

Gilman v. Dalby

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law
Trial court judgment is affirmed where the court correctly sustained a demurrer to plaintiff's cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty as the...

Drummond v. Desmarais

Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a malicious prosecution action against plaintiffs' former attorney, judgment dismissing the action is affirmed where: 1) the trial court did not...

US v. Cox

Asset Forfeiture, Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure
In the government's appeal from an order awarding petitioner attorney-s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, the order is reversed where the...

Schlacher v. Law Offices of Phillip J. Rotche & Assoc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a dispute involving attorney's fees, district court's fee award is affirmed where: 1) the court did not err in reducing the requested fee as the...

Simmons v. N.Y. City Transit Authority

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving attorney's fees, district court judgment is vacated and remanded where the court erred in awarding attorney's fees to...