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Chinese Yellow Pages Co. v. Chinese Overseas Mktg. Svc. Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law
Denial of request for postjudgment fees and costs incurred in a bankruptcy proceeding brought by defendant and judgment debtor is reversed where: 1)...

Mirfasihi v. Fleet Mortgage Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
District court properly approved settlement of class action involving claims brought by customers against mortgage company who sold their personal...

McCown v. City of Fontana

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Remedies
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit including claims of wrongful detention, false arrest, and use of excessive force in connection with plaintiff's...

Grain v. Trinity Health, Mercy Health Servs. Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a suit brought by husband and wife medical doctors against former employer-hospital and related defendants for taking a variety of "punitive...

Dickerson v. Lexington Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a claim against defendant-insurance company for failure to pay plaintiff's homeowner's policy claim timely following Hurricane Katrina, district...

Visible Sys. Corp. v. Unisys Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark infringement claim for reverse confusion, permanent injunction prohibiting defendant-Unisys from using trademarks or services of...

Combs v. Shelter Mut. Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a suit brought by an insurance sales agent employed by defendants-insurers raising contract and tort claims related to his agency contract, partial...

Perez v. Grajales

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an attorney-fee dispute arising out of federal litigation that was settled 10 years ago, denial of motion to confirm and enter judgment on an...

People v. Flores

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction for possession of a firearm by a person prohibited from possessing a firearm, carrying a concealed firearm, carrying a loaded firearm in a...

Davy v. Central Intelligence Agency

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Law
Denial of petitioner's request for an award of attorney's fees and costs under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is reversed and remanded where:...