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Davis v. US

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In consolidated suits under the Federal Tort Claims Act brought by families of murder victims, seeking to impose liability on the United States for...

Marriage of Sorge

Attorney's Fees, Family Law, Sanctions
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court modifying a child support award and imposing sanctions with an award of attorney's fees, judgment is...

Bull v. United Parcel Service, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing plaintiff's state-law employment discrimination case, judgment is reversed where the...

In re Finding of Kinney

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Judges & Judiciary, Sanctions
After filing a series of unsuccessful, baseless lawsuits relating to real property owned by lawyer in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, the...

Imports Performance v. Dept. Consumer Affairs

Administrative Law, Consumer Protection Law, Evidence, Sanctions
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court denying petitioners' application to vacate an order revoking their smog technician licenses and...

In the Matter of Thomas Liotti

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
Respondent-attorney is publicly admonished for factual misrepresentations where misrepresentations were intentional and worthy of discipline, even...

People v. First American Corporation

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Sanctions
In an appeal from a judgment of the appellate division affirming a denial of defendant's motion to dismissing plaintiff's action for alleged...

Hopkins and Carley v. Gens

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Remedies, Sanctions
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court denying defendant's motion to vacate an arbitration award and imposing sanctions, judgment is affirmed...

The City School Dist. of the City of New York v. McGraham

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Juvenile Law, Remedies, Sanctions
In an appeal from a judgment of the appellate division affirming the imposition of penalties against respondent-teacher for improper conduct with a...

US v. Romero-Lopez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In an appeal from an order of the district court imposing sanctions on appellant-attorney, judgment is affirmed as modified where the court correctly...