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SLOAN v. PUGH

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a successful habeas petitioner's motion for attorney fees and costs, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act and the Hyde Amendment, is...

KARAM v. CITY OF BURBANK

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
District court correctly dismissed plaintiff's Fourth and First Amendment claims brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, but an order granting...

SIERRA CLUB v. HANKINSON

Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law
Government's appeal of district court's award of attorneys' fees is affirmed; no abuse of discretion in that part of the award was found.

WOLFF v. STENGER

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Securities Law
Defendant's lack standing to appeal, in a case involving attorneys' fees; accordingly the appeal is dismissed without reaching the question of whether...

A.I. CREDIT CORP., INC. v. AGUILAR & SEBASTINELLI

Attorney's Fees
Defendant's appeal from a summary judgment regarding defendant's right to attorney fees is affirmed as claim for legal fees against plaintiff was...

PHONOMETRICS, INC. v. WESTIN HOTEL CO.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action, the district court's award of attorney's fees pursuant to 35 U.S.C. section 285 and 28 U.S.C. section 1927 is...

GARAMENDI v. GOLDEN EAGLE INS. CO.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The liquidation court's order allowing claimants to collect under defendant's policies is modified insofar as it reduced the recoverable amount of the...

SULLIVAN v. HUNT

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sanctions
District court is affirmed where 18 U.S.C. section 1964 allows plaintiffs who successfully bring suit under RICO to recover costs and attorney's fees,...

MARINO v. PIONEER EDSEL SALES, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an action for attorney fee's arising out of work plaintiff had done on a class action suit, the district court's order denying such fees is...

T.D. v. LAGRANGE SCH. DIST. NO. 102

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Government Benefits
The district court is reversed in part and affirmed in part where the requirements for attaining prevailing party status set out in Buckhannon are...