all - Opinion Summaries

DAVIDSON v. VENEMAN

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Remedies
In a disaster assistance claim to the Farm Services Agency, denial of attorneys' fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act is affirmed, as the...

DAHL v. ROSENFELD

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Labor & Employment Law, Legal Malpractice
Malpractice claims, alleging that a law firm mishandled a union grievance so that the union took no action to remedy an employer's breach of a...

SACCO v. DEP'T OF JUSTICE

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
The Merit Systems Protection Board reasonably interpreted 5 U.S.C. section 7701(g)(1), in determining that there was no material alteration of the...

IN RE: AM. HONDA MOTOR CO.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Legal Malpractice, Remedies
Invocation of the All Writs Act to enjoin multi-district litigation (MDL) parties from enforcing a "blue sky damages" portion of an arbitration award...

CAUFIELD v. CANTELE

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plenary appeal is proper for a district court to review a trial court determination of attorneys' fees and costs after voluntary dismissal, and the...

DERIUS v. ALLSTATE INDEM. CO.

Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The decision of United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Rodriguez, 808 So.2d 82 (2001), rendered erroneous certain language, contained in Perez v. State Farm Fire...

NEOSHO R-V SCH. DIST. v. CLARK

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Education Law
District court properly determined that an Individualized Education Plan was not reasonably calculated to provide an educational benefit because it...

TAHFS v. PROCTOR

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
A 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, alleging a conspiracy to obtain personal protection orders (PPO) in violation of claimant's rights, was properly...

CHRISTINA A. v. BLOOMBERG

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Juvenile Law
District court's approval of a settlement agreement did not, by itself, create an enforceable judgement or a consent decree, so, because a juvenile...

VEACH v. SHEEKS

Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
Court costs and attorney's fees are not a component of a "debt" under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and a mailed notice misrepresented the...