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Southern New England Tel. Co. v. Global Naps Inc.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts, Sanctions
In an action by a telephone company seeking payment for services rendered pursuant to its federal tariff, summary judgment for plaintiff, a civil...

Jones v. Illinois Cent. R.R. Co.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions, Transportation
In plaintiff's negligence action against defendant-railroad company arising from a collision between plaintiff's husband's vehicle and a train owned...

Ario v. The Underwriting Members of Syndicate 53 at Lloyds for the 1998 Year of Account

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Sanctions
In the Insurance Commissioner's motion (as liquidator on behalf of primary insurers) to confirm in part, and to vacate in part, the award of the...

Estate of Manuel

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Sanctions
In an executor's suit against a will contestant, seeking an award of costs of proof in the amount of all of her legal fees incurred after the date of...

Tucker v. Pacific Bell Mobile Serv.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In plaintiffs' proposed class action, claiming that defendant cell phone providers violated the Unfair Competition Law by selling "bucket plans"...

Merritt v. Int'l Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In a labor suit brought by Northwest Airlines Quality Service Agents (QSAs) against a labor organization and others, claiming that between 2000 and...

FM Indus., Inc. v. Citicorp Credit Serv., Inc.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Sanctions
In a suit for copyright infringement, related to a computer software designed to help lawyers to collect debts and lenders to monitor how its lawyers...

Florida Bar v. Shankman

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In a complaint filed by the Florida Bar against an attorney in connection with his representation of a seventeen year old client, the referee's...

Kerchner v. Obama

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Sanctions
In plaintiffs' suit challenging the legitimacy of President Obama's citizenship, district court's dismissal is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs lack...

Golden v. Helen Sigman & Assoc., Ltd.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Family Law, Sanctions
In plaintiff's multi-count federal lawsuit against various defendants in connection with his divorce and child custody proceedings, district court's...