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McGill v. Garza

Attorney's Fees, Remedies
In a negligence relating to an automobile collision, granting of appellee Friedman & Solmor's quantum meruit petition seeking reimbursement for...

Chames v. Demayo

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving the Florida Constitution's exemption which protects homeowners' residences from forced sale, the Supreme Court of Florida...

Drake v. Commissioner of IRS

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Tax Law
Decision of the tax court is affirmed where: 1) the Tax Court did not clearly err in finding that the IRS and taxpayers had not formed a settlement...

Ohio River Valley Envtl. Coalition, Inc. v. Green Valley Coal Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
Award of attorney fees in a citizen suit brought under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act is affirmed as to the preliminary injunction...

Willdan v. Sialic Contractors Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Construction, Government Contracts
In dispute arising from a project to refurbish a stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard in the City of West Hollywood, dismissal of defendant's...

Westamerica Bank v. MBG Indus., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts
In cross actions involving allegations of breach of contract after defaulting on a line of credit and gender discrimination, grant of defendants'...

Will v. Northwestern University

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
In a wrongful death suit arising from the death of a Northwestern University football player during practice, in multiple appeals from multiple...

K & N Eng'g, Inc. v. Bulat

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Trademark
An election of an award of statutory damages for trademark counterfeiting under 15 U.S.C. section 1117(c) precludes an award of attorney's fees under...

Gonter v. Hunt Valve Co., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Military Law
In an appeal of an attorney's fees award under the False Claims Act, arising from a dispute between a law firm that represented qui tam plaintiffs and...

Hogar v. Cmty. Dev. Comm'n of the City of Escondido

Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In case where plaintiff successfully and substantially altered defendant's contributions to a state mandated fund for low cost housing, order awarding...