all - Opinion Summaries

Adams v. Ford Motor Company

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Judges & Judiciary, Sanctions
In a dispute involving Rule 3.5 of the ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct, judgment of the district court sanctioning trial counsel for initiating...

Eon-Net LP v. Flagstar Bancorp

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
In a patent dispute arising from the entry of a stipulated order of noninfringement, judgment of the district court awarding defendant attorney's fees...

People v. Taylor

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Remedies, Sanctions
In a dispute involving whether, pursuant to Penal Code section 1202.4(f)(3)(H), a court may order restitution for a contingency fee paid by the victim...

Mills v. Fischer

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Judges & Judiciary, Sanctions
In a dispute arising from a Section 1983 complaint by incarcerated, pro se plaintiff, motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and for...

Gallop v. Cheney

Asset Forfeiture, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Judges & Judiciary, Sanctions
In a motion to disqualify the panel from consideration of her petition for panel rehearing and rehearing in banc in a case involving allegations that...

Lamex Foods, Inc. v. Audeliz Lebron, Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Remedies, Sanctions
In a commercial dispute involving Puerto Rico's Dealers' Contract Act of 1964, P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 10, sections 278-278e, judgment of the trial court...

Cleary v. County of Alameda

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Sanctions, Tax Law
In a dispute arising from writ of mandate prohibiting defendant-county from implementing a "W-9 policy" change to its General Assistance program,...

Yu v. University of La Verne

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Sanctions
In motion for a preliminary injunction arising from a decision by the defendant to increase law student-plaintiff's punishment for a disciplinary...

In re Violation of Rule 38

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In dispute arising from the sanction of counsel for filing and arguing a frivolous case, court, in keeping with other sister-circuits, awards a...

US v. Lauersen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Sanctions
In an order subjecting defendant to delinquency and default penalties for failure to pay a restitution and fine arising from his criminal conviction,...