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State Farm Gen. Ins. Co. v. Mintarsih

Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a dispute involving insurance liability coverage, trial court judgment is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) defendant established no...

Binder & Binder, P.C. v. Handel

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Government Benefits
In an appeal from an order discharging Debtor's debt to Plaintiff law firm, the order is affirmed, where the government had not waived its sovereign...

Laforest v. Honeywell Int'l., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, ERISA
In an ERISA action to enforce a pension guaranty agreement, the District Court's award of attorney's fees to Plaintiffs based on the summary judgment...

Fagelbaum & Heller LLP v. Smylie

Attorney's Fees, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an appeal from a judgment confirming an arbitration award that resolved a dispute over legal fees, the judgment is affirmed where plaintiff waived...

FLIR Sys., Inc. v. Parrish

Attorney's Fees, Sanctions, Trade Secrets
In an appeal from an attorney's fee order issued as a sanction for bringing a trade secret action in bad faith, the order is affirmed where: 1) there...

Americans for Safe Access, Inc. v. County of Alameda

Attorney's Fees, Elections
In an action under Elections Code section 15630 requesting certain materials in connection with a vote recount, summary judgment for Plaintiffs is...

Gray v. Bostic

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging a wrongful arrest, the District Court's attorney's fee award to Plaintiff is vacated, where the District...

W. Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Inc. v. Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law
In an action challenging a decision of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement that resulted in a remand to the agency for additional...

Hyde v. Midland Cred. Mgmt., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Debt Collection
In an appeal from an award of attorney's fees in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act action following judgment for Defendants, the award is reversed...

Citizens for Better Forestry v. US Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law
In Plaintiff's motion for attorney's fees in a matter in which the USDA withdrew the regulation at issue while the case was pending, the award of fees...