all - Opinion Summaries

PEREZ-ARELLANO v. SMITH

Attorney's Fees, Immigration Law
In an appeal of a claim to recover attorney fees pursuant to EAJA, 28 U.S.C. section 2412(d), denial of fees was proper because plaintiff was not a...

JOHNSON v. BREEDEN

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies
The district court abused its discretion when it failed to restrict awards of attorney's fees and expenses not directly and reasonably incurred in...

J.C. v. REG'L SCH. DIST. 10, BD. OF EDUC.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Education Law
In light of the Supreme Court-s rejection of the "catalyst theory" of recovery in Buckhannon Board and Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Department of...

SAN LAZARO ASS'N, INC. v. CONNELL

Attorney's Fees, Health Law
In a State Medicaid/Medi-Cal fraud action, even if a plaintiff's claim becomes moot due to its inelligiblilty to participate in the Medi-Cal program,...

PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. v. AMWAY, CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property
Under 15 USC 1117(a) of the Lanham Act, a court should consider the objective merits of the suit when determining whether the losing party acted in...

FOGLE v. WILLIAM CHEVROLET/GEO, INC.

Attorney's Fees
A court may reduce its court-awarded attorney fee when the attorney's trial performance is not commensurate with his requested fee.

BUECHEL, M.D. v. BAIN

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Collateral estoppel bars relitigation of fee arrangements, determined to be illegal in an earlier action, by parties in privity with the person...

DUBOIS v. US DEP'T OF AGRIC.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
Counsel may reasonably rely on the technical expertise of a client if the client is a recognized expert and there is no reason to question the...

SCHWARTZ v. KUJAWA

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law
Sanctioned party in involuntary bankruptcy proceeding need not pay attorney's fees for time opposing counsel billed client for speaking to the media.

HENNESSY v. DANIELS LAW OFFICE

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
Under 15 USC 1692k(a) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, an offer to settle a "judgment" alone does not include an offer to settle a claim for...