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Garner v. Missouri Dep't of Mental Health

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff-employee and an award of no damages in a race discrimination and unlawful retaliation suit are affirmed where there was no...

Ziemski v. Ziemski

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Military Law
An order finding that a former husband had willfully violated an automatic bankruptcy stay with regards to certain military retirement benefits and an...

Skokos v. Rhoades

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Gaming Law
Dismissal of an action brought under 42 U.S.C section 1983 and denial of attorney's fees are affirmed where a prosecutor and police were not liable on...

Bianchi v. Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, & Warehousemen

Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
An award of attorney's fees for plaintiff, a former employee, is reversed pursuant to the vacating of a jury verdict against a union for breach of its...

Frye v. Tenderloin Hous. Clinic

Attorney's Fees, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Landlord Tenant Law, Remedies, Tax-exempt Organizations
Corporations Code section 13406(b) does not occupy the entire field of law governing the corporate practice of law by nonprofit corporations. Reversal...

Swift v. Wilcox

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
A motion for attorney's fees complies with Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.525, which requires service of such a motion "within 30 days after filing...

Rosen v. Wilson

Attorney's Fees, Family Law
A determination that a former husband was not entitled to an award of attorney's fees for his successful petition for modification of child support is...

Cunningham v. Barnhart

Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law
Denial of attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act in an action concerning an ultimately favorable disability benefits determination is...

Doran v. N. State Grocery, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law
For purposes of attorney's fees awards under the Unruh Civil Rights Act, the plain language of Civ. Code section 52(a) requires a finding that a...

In re Natural Gas Anti-trust Cases I, II, III, & IV

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
Objecting nonrepresentative class members who engage in the conduct specified in the vexatious litigant statutes are not exempt from being designated...