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Augustine v. Dep't of Veteran Affairs

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Government Law
The purposes of the fee-shifting statute in the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act can be served only by allowing attorneys' fees for...

Alpha Mechanical v. Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Insurance Law, Remedies
In an insurance case seeking payment from defendant-insurer as surety on a payment bond, judgment in favor of plaintiff is modified to strike the...

Budget Rent-A-Car v. Consolidated Equity LLC

Attorney's Fees
Order granting plaintiff's motion for fees and costs resulting from defendant's sanction for filing a frivolous appeal is vacated and dismissed;...

O'Malley v. Jeffries

Attorney's Fees, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a derivative shareholder action, the award of attorneys' fees to defendant is affirmed over plaintiff's claim that the Court of Chancery used the...

Wilderman v. Cooper & Scully

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
Appellate jurisdiction over a stay exists when it has the effect of a dismissal rather than the effect of delay.

Legg v. Wyeth

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
An award of attorneys' fees based on a legally erroneous remand order constitutes an abuse of discretion.

Beechwood Restorative Care Ctr. v. Signor

Attorney's Fees
The Equal Access to Justice Act is not applicable to Freedom of Information Law proceedings.

Bricks, Inc. v. US EPA

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law
The award of legal fees and expenses to plaintiff, for successfully defending against defendant-EPA's claim that it violated the Clean Water act, was...

Interfaith Cmty. Org. v. Honeywell Int'l, Inc.

Attorney's Fees
If a prevailing party can show that it required the particular expertise of counsel from another vicinage, or that local counsel were unwilling to...

Aurecchione v. Schoolman Transp. Syst.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is reversed where his claim, which alleges that Title VII allows a party...