all - Opinion Summaries

R.D. Offutt Co. v. Lexington Ins. Co.

Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a declaratory judgment and breach of contract action arising when defendant-insurer declined to cover expenses incurred by plaintiff-policyholder...

Loduca v. Polyzos

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In construction litigation case where plaintiff property owner sued a subcontractor in contract and tort for breach of the contract between the...

US ex rel. Bogart v. King Pharm.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Government Benefits, Government Law, Remedies
In qui tam litigation brought against pharmaceutical companies, a district court's ruling rejecting plaintiff's claim for additional attorney's fees...

Mardirossian & Assocs., Inc. v. Ersoff

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions, Sports Law
In dispute over legal fees between law firm and former manager for Sugar Ray Leonard and Billy Blanks, judgment for plaintiff-law firm is affirmed...

DiPirro v. Bondo Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
In suit alleging defendant violated provisions of the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, judgment for defendant is affirmed...

Arbor Hill Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Ass'n v. County of Albany

Attorney's Fees, Elections
In suit alleging Albany County-s 2002 legislative redistricting plan violated section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, partial grant of attorney...

Dunn & Black, P.S. v. US

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Tax Law
A law firm may not bring an action against the U.S. to recover attorney's fees from monies that its client was awarded as a result of a settlement...

Brittalia Ventures v. Stuke Nursery Co., Inc.

Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Contracts
A prevailing party cannot obtain attorney's fees under Civil Code section 1717 if the contract it championed did not contain an attorney's fee...

Karraker v. Rent-A-Center, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action against an employer over the employer's use of a medical test for promotion purposes, denial of attorney's fees for plaintiffs is...

Hackwell v. US

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action challenging a regulation that interprets the attorney's fee limitations set forth by the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA),...