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Wrenn v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
A district court's determination that the combined attorney's fees for representation before the Social Security Administration (SSA) and on appeal to...

People v. Bhakta

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action involving claims of prostitution nuisance at a motel, a judgment permanently enjoining defendants from facilitating or encouraging...

Profit Concepts Mgmt., Inc. v. Griffith

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by a California-based company against a former employee-Oklahoma resident for breach of contract, wherein the employment contract at...

Shirt v. Hazeltine

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Elections
An order denying plaintiffs' motion for expert witness fees under section 6 of the "Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights...

Reeves v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Government Law
An award of attorney's fees granted under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. section 2412(d)(1)(A) belongs to the "prevailing party",...

Williams v. City of Carl Junction

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
An award of attorneys' fees to defendants in a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1988 is reversed where plaintiff's case presented colorable...

In the Matter of: Babcock & Wilcox Co.

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law
In an appeal arising in bankruptcy proceedings, judgment awarding attorney's fees to appellant-law firm is affirmed where there was no abuse of...

Blickman Turkus, LP v. MF Downtown Sunnyvale, LLC.

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case primarily addressing whether a realtor who represented the lessee in a complex commercial lease transaction had a duty to inform the lessor,...

Enpalm, LLC. v. Teitler Family Trust

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
An order reducing defendants' award of contractual attorney fees after being awarded judgment in a real estate fraud and breach of contract action is...

Torres-Rivera v. O'Neill-Cancel

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a civil rights suit wherein plaintiffs were granted attorney's fees pursuant to the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976 but denied...