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HADIX v. JOHNSON

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure
The maximum allowable attorney fees, under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, should be based on the amount authorized by the Judicial Conference, not...

INDEP. DRIVERS ASS'N v. NEW PRIME INC.

Attorney's Fees
The attorneys' fees provisions of 49 U.S.C. Sec. 14704(e) do not create a right for prevailing defendants to recover attorneys' fees.

IN RE: SULZER ORTHOPEDICS PROD. LIAB. LITIG.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a class action settlement concerning the recall of defective hip implants, plaintiff-class member's appeal of the award of fees and expenses is...

IN RE: SULZER ORTHOPEDICS, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a class action settlement concerning the recall of defective hip implants, the award of attorney fees is affirmed where the district court's...

EVIDENT CORP. v. CHURGE & DWIGHT CO. INC.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit, the award of attorney fees to defendant is affirmed where the district court did not err in determining that the case...

DILLERY v. CITY OF SANDUSKY

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a claim for attorney's fees under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that, even if...

PRICE v. SOCIAL SEC. ADMIN.

Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
The Merit Systems Protection Board's denial of plaintiff's motion for attorney fees is affirmed where the Board properly determined that an award of...

APPLE COMPUTER, INC. v. SUPER. CT. OF LA

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions
No member of the bar, either maintaining an employment relationship or sharing office space with an attorney class representative during the...

VIRGINIA INT'L TERMINALS INC. v. EDWARDS

Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a claim for disability compensation, defendant's claim for attorney's fees, under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, is denied...

ERICKSON v. R.E.M. CONCEPTS, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Contracts
In a suit for breach of a construction contract, the trial court properly awarded attorney fees expended for defendant's defense against plaintiff's...