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US v. ONE 1997 TOYOTA LAND CRUISER

United States Ninth Circuit
Asset Forfeiture, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
The Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 USC 2412(d)(1)(D), which allows parties who prevail in litigation against the federal government to collect...
04/26/2001 99-55661

GAY OFFICERS ACTION LEAGUE v. COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO

United States First Circuit
Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights
The question of whether the plaintiffs' success in obtaining equitable relief is sufficiently meaningful to warrant prevailing party status for...
04/23/2001 00-1983

RAISHEVICH v. FOSTER

United States Second Circuit
Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights
Under 42 USC 1988, a plaintiff who obtained monetary damages is a "prevailing party" that may be entitled to attorneys' fees even if defendant already...
04/18/2001 99-7093

DANTRAN, INC. v. US DEPT. OF LABOR

United States First Circuit
Attorney's Fees, Government Contracts
The Secretary of Labor's continuing attempt to bar appellants from government contracting following an ALJ's ruling that appellants had acted in good...
04/13/2001 00-1656

KLINE v. CITY OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, FIRE DEPT.

United States Eighth Circuit
Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights
Submission of reconstructed rather than contemporaneous time records is not grounds for reducing an attorneys' fees award, and attorneys' fee award...
04/05/2001 00-1207, 00-1208

WILLIS v. U.S. POSTAL SERV.

United States Federal Circuit
Attorney's Fees
Fee award applicant's attorneys' billing rates were "reasonable" under 5 USC 7701(g)(1) where her retainer agreement specified rates, attorneys...
04/03/2001 00-3126

WELCH & FORBES, INC. v. CENDANT CORP., MERRILL LYNCH & CO.

United States Third Circuit
Attorney's Fees, Class Actions
The integrity and fairness of class settlements is threatened by excessive attorneys' fee awards such that class plaintiffs have standing to challenge...
03/21/2001 99-5555

FIRST CARD v. HUNT

United States Ninth Circuit
Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law
A debtor who prevails over a creditor at a nondischargeability hearing need not request attorney's fees in his answer, under 11 USC 523(a)(2)(A), if...
02/06/2001 99-15856

DOWLING v. ZIMMERMAN

California Court of Appeal
Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
Under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, a defendant who appears in a SLAPP action in propria persona and later retains specially appearing...
01/09/2001 D032128

SANTALUCIA v. SEBRIGHT TRANSPORT

United States Second Circuit
Attorney's Fees, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Absent an agreement to the contrary, under New York law a dissolving law firm is entitled to the value of a contingenct fee award at the time of the...
11/09/2000 00-7228

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