all - Opinion Summaries

A.D. v. State of California Highway Patrol

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
District court properly denied defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law in a 1983 action brought by children of woman shot and killed by...

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. v. All-Tag Security S.A.

Patent, Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property
Attorney fees and costs awarded to defendant following verdict that plaintiff's electronic anti-shoplifting devices patent was not infringed, was...

US v. Manzo

Government Law, Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of defendant's request for attorney's fees and litigation expenses from the government under the Hyde Amendment, following the dismissal of...

In re Marriage of Bendetti

Attorney's Fees, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
Where husband's first wife alleged that the husband fraudulently transferred property to the husband's second wife, the trial court had the discretion...

UMG Recordings v. Shelter Capital Partners

Attorney's Fees, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In copyright infringement action against defendant, who operates a publicly accessible website that enables users to share videos with other users,...

Sofa Entertainment, Inc. v. Dodger Productions, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
Summary judgment for defendants and award of attorneys' fees in copyright infringement suit was proper, where: 1) defendants' use of a seven-second...

Alaska Rent-A-Car, Inc. v. Avis Budget Group, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Evidence
District court judgment for plaintiff is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiff, a licensee of defendant, was a party to the settlement agreement as its...

Marx v. General Revenue Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
A district court may award costs to prevailing defendants in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) cases without finding that the plaintiff...

Jimico Enterprises, Inc. v. Lehigh Gas Corporation

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
Summary judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed, where: 1) the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act provides a right of action to full and trial franchisees...

In re Baby Products Antitrust Litigation

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Remedies
District Court's approval of a class action settlement, involving allegations of baby product price-fixing, is vacated and remanded, where: 1) a...