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TRI-STATE HOSP. SUPPLY CORP. v. US

Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Attorneys' fees "qua" damages are recoverable against the U.S. for abuse of process and malicious prosecution if "the law of the place" where the tort...

LEONARD v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL CORP. DISABILITY INCOME PLAN

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Workers' Compensation
Prior cases did not preclude defendant from reducing ERISA plan benefits by the amount of workers' compensation received); plan administrators did not...

BANAITIS v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Tax Law
In an entry of judgment for an individual's income tax deficiency, the Tax Court properly concluded that an economic and punitive damage award after a...

PEREZ v. COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action for racial discrimination and retaliation under the Fair Employment and Housing Act, a postjudgment order granting plaintiff's motion to...

BAKER-HOEY v. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Ordinary witness fees do not include a treating physician's reasonable and customary hourly or daily fees which must be paid under Code of Civil...

CZIRAKI v. THUNDER CATS, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In denying a minority shareholder's motion for attorney fees, the trial court erred in failing to apply the common fund and substantial benefit...

MEYERS v. COLUMBIA/HCA HEALTHCARE CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Defendants were immune under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA), in claims arising from denial of reappointment to a hospital's medical...

M. PEREZ CO., INC. v. BASE CAMP CONDO. ASS'N NO. ONE

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In cases where attorneys' fees are sought for the cost of underlying contract litigation, a prevailing party is entitled to attorneys' fees only if it...

JOHNSON v. DALEY

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Section 803(d) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, setting both absolute and relative limits on attorneys' fee shifting, is constitutional as being...

TRADITIONAL CAT ASS'N. INC. v. GILBREATH

Attorney's Fees, Copyright, Intellectual Property
District court erred in limiting Copyright Act plaintiffs' recovery to fees attributable to copyright claims without first considering whether...