all - Opinion Summaries

Af-Cap Inc. v. Republic of Congo

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Government Law, International Law, Remedies, Sanctions
The garnishment of nonmonetary obligations is not appropriate under Texas law. In an ongoing battle by plaintiff to receive payment from the Republic...

Peterson v. De Luca

Attorney's Fees, Family Law, Sanctions
A trial court judgment is affirmed in part over a former wife's claims of error regarding: 1) a refusal to hold the former husband in contempt for...

Jones v. United Parcel Serv., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
Orders sanctioning an attorney $1,000 pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and requiring him to reimburse attorneys' fees of...

Szopa v. White

Sanctions, Tax Law
Sanctions for a frivolous tax appeal are set below the government's request where the government did not adequately explain its figures for the amount...

In Re: Troutt

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Professional Malpractice, Sanctions
Order of criminal contempt for an attorney is reversed where the judge did not comply with the procedural requirements of Federal Rule of Criminal...

Meijer, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
Where an activity can be either conduct protected by the National Labor Relations Act or conduct that may be prohibited by an employer, depending upon...

Conseil Alain Aboudaram, S.A. v. De Groote

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Evidence, Sanctions
District court decision to reverse jury verdict for plaintiff Swiss corporation on its complaint, and to affirm verdict against defendant Belgian...

Areizaga v. Bd. of County Comm'rs of Hillsborough County

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Sanctions
A petition for writ of certiorari, challenging an order directing petitioner and a county to mediate issues raised in a petition for writ of mandamus...

Thomas M. Cooley Law Sch. v. Am. Bar Ass'n

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Sanctions
In a dispute between plaintiff-law school and the American Bar Association (ABA) involving the ABA's refusal to accredit two satellite programs of the...

Salkil v. Mount Sterling Township Police Dep't

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Sanctions
An order sanctioning an attorney and the Equal Justice Foundation and awarding defendant-village attorneys' fees for his conduct as an attorney for...