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Roark & Hardee LP v. City of Austin

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a suit seeking a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief relating to the enforcement of the City of Austin's ordinance prohibiting smoking in...

Biodiversity Conservation Alliance v. Stem

Attorney's Fees
In a fees dispute involving the Equal Access to Justice Act, award of fees to the plaintiff is reversed and remanded where the district court's...

Dennis v. Experian Info. Solutions, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought against Experian alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), summary judgment for defendant is reversed and...

State Water Resources Control Bd. Cases

Attorney's Fees
In a fees dispute involving the private attorney general doctrine embodied in Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5, where two parties achieve the...

Auto. Club of New York, Inc. v. Dykstra

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Remedies, Transportation
A permanent injunction preventing New York City from enforcing its tow truck licensing scheme against tow operators from outside the city, as well as...

Maxwell v. KPMG, LLP

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee alleging that the bankrupt company was harmed by an accounting firm's breach of its duty of care,...

Computer Docking Station Corp. v. Dell, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement case brought against Dell, Gateway, and Toshiba involving a portable microprocessor system, summary judgment for defendants,...

Frosti v. Creel

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
A motion for attorney fees and costs made pursuant to Florida's offer of judgment statute need not be denied because the underlying proposal for...

In re Marriage of Pond and Pomrenke

Attorney's Fees, Family Law
In a dissolution of marriage action, final order not requiring respondent-husband to contribute to petitioner's attorney fees is reversed and the...

Biodiversity Conservation Alliance v. Stem

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law, Remedies
A preliminary injunction that does not provide a plaintiff with relief on the merits of their claim cannot serve as the basis for prevailing party...