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HORPHAG RESEARCH LTD. v. PELLEGRINI

Attorney's Fees, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Defendant was not entitled to a nominative fair use defense for use of plaintiff's trademarked name on a website, but a dilution claim is remanded for...

PEOPLE EX REL DEP'T OF CONSERVATION v. EL DORADO COUNTY (BRUNIUS)

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Director of the Department of Conservation did not have standing to challenge, by petition for writ of mandamus, a lead agency's action in...

CARPENTER v. PRINCIPI

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees
Pursuant to 38 U.S.C. section 7263(d), the court is foreclosed from entertaining plaintiff's appeal of a Veterans' Court decision holding his...

HAYWARD v. VENTURA VOLVO

Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law
The Consumers Legal Remedies Act (Civ. Code section 1750 et seq) does not limit the court in awarding fees to those incurred by plaintiff under a...

MANRIQUEZ v. ADAMS

Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The trial court erred in awarding an employee attorney fees under Labor Code section 3860(c) calculated by reference to a settlement fund valued to...

HS RESOURCES, INC. v. WINGATE

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
District court properly held that a lease for natural gas allows pooling and provides for payment of royalties on a pooled basis, but the decisions...

STATON v. BOEING CO.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions
The district court acted within its discretion in certifying an employment discrimination case as a class action under FRCP 23(a). Parties to a class...

PALMER v. SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for injuries sustained when an elevator suddenly dropped several floors, exclusion of the details of plaintiff's past personal...

WASSERMAN v. BRESSMAN

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Law firms were entitled to summary judgment in bankruptcy trustee's action seeking to recover certain funds received by the firms as counsel fees,...

FED'N OF ADVER. INDUS. REPRESENTATIVES, INC. v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Repeal of a city ordinance regulating placement of alcohol and cigarette advertising rendered an ongoing case and controversy moot where the repeal...