all - Opinion Summaries

Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Universal-MCA Music Publishing, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In a suit against approximately 800 defendants involved in the record and music-publishing business alleging various claims of copyright infringement,...

Estate of Drummond

Attorney's Fees
Order denying claim of contestants of a will for attorney fees is affirmed as appellants were not the prevailing parties for purposes of a fee award.

Binder & Binder PC v. Barnhart

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
In case where plaintiff law firm sought to declare invalid defendant's demand for the return of legal fees awarded to pay for law firm's...

Williamson v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that insurer/administrator wrongfully denied health insurance benefits for plaintiff's daughter pursuant to an employee health...

County of San Bernardino v. Calderon

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In case involving provision of medical care to defendant who was injured in a car accident, a holding that a hospital lien was created at the time the...

Hubbard v. US

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law
In a case stemming from a contract under which plaintiff agreed to build and operate a mini-storage facility at a naval air station, a ruling that...

JCW Invs., Inc. v. Novelty, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Copyright, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a suit alleging copyright violations, trademark infringement and unfair competition surrounding novelty fart dolls, judgment for plaintiff is...

Travelers Cas. & Surety Co. of Am. v. Pac. Gas & Elec. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Public Utilities
Federal bankruptcy law does not disallow contract-based claims for attorney's fees based solely on the fact that the fees were incurred litigating...

SC Manufactured Homes, Inc. v. Canyon View Estates, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
Following dismissal of most defendants in a suit alleging plaintiff-mobilehome dealer was precluded from selling mobilehomes as a result of a kickback...

CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. Werner Enters.

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets, Transportation
In an action involving a corporation's allegations that its competitor lured away employees who had signed employment contracts, dismissal of common...