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People Against Police Violence v. City of Pittsburgh

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Remedies
In a lawsuit to challenging the constitutionality of Pittsburgh's ordinance regulating expressive activities in public forums, an order awarding...

Villanueva v. City of Colton

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action involving discriminatory and retaliatory employment practices under Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), grant of summary judgment and...

Dearmore v. City of Garland

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Remedies
In the context of attorney's fees awards in circumstances where a party obtains a preliminary injunction but the opposing party moots the case before...

Shafer v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's motion for attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) in a social security disability action is reversed where...

Lussier v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal by putative class representatives in wage dispute litigation, denial of their request for attorney's fees following a successful motion...

Day v. James Marine, Inc.

Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A ruling finding that a portion of the attorney's fees petitioner incurred in seeking workers' compensation did not shift to his employer under the...

Cal. Back Specialists Med. Group v. Rand

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of special motion to strike complaint as a SLAPP suit is affirmed over claims that: 1) the complaint arose from protected activity; 2)...

Schlotzsky's, Ltd. v. Sterling Purchasing & Nat'l Distrib. Co., Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Remedies
A judgment in favor of a restaurant franchisor on claims brought against a food distributor under the Lanham Act is affirmed over distributor's claims...

Marine Forests Soc'y v. Cal. Coastal Comm'n

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Remedies
Where a lawsuit did not achieve its objective to enjoin defendant-commission from requiring plaintiff to remove an experimental man-made reef that it...

McClain v. Lufkin Indus., Inc.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a Title VII action brought by African-American plaintiffs alleging that defendant's practice of delegating subjective decision-making authority to...