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Jaffe v. Pacelli

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
In a matter arising out of a real estate transaction, judgment against debtor defendant including award of attorney's fees is affirmed in most...

Aronov v. Chertoff

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Immigration Law
District court's award of attorney's fees to plaintiff, who filed an action to force government to act on his long-pending application for...

Pellegrini v. Weiss

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action arising from a real estate transaction between the parties raising claims of, inter alia, breach of contract and fiduciary duty, rulings...

Moreno v. City of Sacramento

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In a suit alleging that defendants violated plaintiff's civil rights by seizing and destroying his property without due process, an award of...

B & H Med., L.L.C. v. ABP Admin, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Sanctions
Upon consideration of the parties' submissions on the issue of sanctions to be imposed on plaintiffs for their frivolous appeal, the circuit court...

Clark v. Optical Coating Lab., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Sanctions, Water Law
In a toxic tort action following a jury trial that resulted in mistrial, award of attorney's fees and sanctions to defendants is reversed where there...

Heaton v. Weitz Co., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action alleging plaintiff was retaliated against by his employer in violation of Title VII, judgment and awards pursuant to a jury verdict in...

In re Lugo

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Remedies, Sentencing
In a habeas class action on behalf of parole-eligible life prisoners involving, inter alia, efforts to reduce the backlog of parole suitability...

Innovation Techs., Inc. v. Splash! Med. Devices, LLC

Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a case involving a patent covering a method for irrigating wounds, a ruling that the patent infringement suit at hand was an "exceptional case"...

Lange v. Schilling

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
A standard California residential purchase agreement bars an attorney's fees award for a party who commences litigation without first attempting to...