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Exarhos v. Exarhos

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
A person who sues as a decedent's successor in interest may be held liable for contractual attorney's fees under Civil Code section 1717 in an action...

City of Los Angeles v. 2000 Jeep Cherokee

Asset Forfeiture, Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In case where defendant's jeep was seized when he was arrested for soliciting prostitution, judgment for defendant and award of attorney's fees is...

Advantage Media, LLC v. City of Hopkins

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit challenging a city's sign code, which arose from a denial of plaintiff's permit applications for four large...

United Steelworkers of Am. v. Retirement Income Plan for Hourly-Rated Employees of ASARCO, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a union and retirees' action against the owner and operator of a copper smelter plant's retirement plan seeking to compel arbitration of retirees'...

Virgin Records Am. Inc. v. Thompson

Attorney's Fees, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In a copyright infringement action brought by Virgin Records and other recording companies against defendant alleging that he used a file-sharing...

Otay River Constructors v. San Diego Expressway

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Where an action is brought solely to compel arbitration of contractual disputes between the parties, a party who succeeds in obtaining an order...

M.M. v. Special Sch. Dist. No. 1

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Education Law, Evidence, Health Law
In an action alleging defendant-school district violated a child's right to a free appropriate public education (FAPE) under the Individuals with...

In re: Cooper Commons LLC

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Construction, Contracts
In bankruptcy proceedings in which a law firm representing debtor objected to certain funds requested by the bankruptcy trustee from accumulated funds...

R.M. Inv. Co. v. US Forest Serv.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
A district court's order vacating as moot its prior order, which set aside a decision by the United States Forest Service that had revoked plaintiff's...

Sloane v. Equifax Info. Servs., LLC

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In action against credit reporting service for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, judgment for plaintiff is reversed in part where...