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FIRST BANK OF MARIETTA v. HARTFORD UNDERWRITERS INS. CO.

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Sanctions
In an action seeking recovery under a fidelity bond for losses incurred as a result of fraudulent loans, district court correctly made explicit...

NATIVE VILLAGE OF QUINHAGAK v. US

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law
Alaskan villages were prevailing parties under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, entitled to attorneys' fees, and the district...

FISCHEL v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOC'Y OF THE US

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, ERISA, Insurance Law
After settlement of a class claim involving a system of commission payment to insurance agents, the district court did not abuse its discretion in...

POTTSMITH v. BARNHART

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
Motion for attorneys' fees under Equal Access to Justice Act was properly denied as untimely. Remand by district court was a sentence four remand...

LOGGERHEAD TURTLE v. THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF VOLUSIA COUNTY

Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law
Use of the catalyst test as a basis for awarding attorney's fees and costs, under the "whenever. . .appropriate" fee-shifting provision of the...

CTR. FOR BLOOD RESEARCH, INC. v. COREGIS INS. CO.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Insurance Law
A nonmonetary claims endorsement in a Nonprofit Organization Liability Insurance policy was not ambiguous, and will not provide coverage to reimburse...

RICCARD v. PRUDENTIAL INS. CO.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
Because an employer was a member in the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) at the time of events giving rise to a disabled former...

SMITH v. EDWARDS & HALE, LTD.

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Sanctions
Awards of 1) attorneys' to a Chapter 7 debtor's special counsel in a state court action, and 2) fees and costs to his chapter 11 counsel, were proper...

SHEPPARD & WHITE, P.A. v. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure
The fixed rate of $50 per hour for appellate attorneys' fees in a capital case requiring 550 hours of attorney time was not confiscatory, and an...

HOGAN v. RAYTHEON, CO.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Family Law, Labor & Employment Law
A dissolution decree was a qualified domestic relations order for purposes of determining plaintiff's eligibility for an award of pension benefits,...