all - Opinion Summaries

Richard Y. Johnson & Son, Inc. v. Just-In Construction, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Contracts, Debt Collection, Remedies, Sanctions
Order imposing a constructive trust on certain public sale proceeds in a dispute involving defendant-construction company's debts is dissolved and...

Cooper v. State of Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sanctions, Sentencing
Petition for writ of habeas corpus from an order finding defendant in direct criminal contempt and imposing a sentence is granted, the order of...

State of Ohio v. Doe

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sanctions
Judgment in a case involving defendant's, a former public defender, refusal to respond to grand jury interrogatories on attorney-client privilege...

Hobley v. Burge

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Sanctions
Sanction of waiver of attorney work-product privilege with regards to a discovery dispute in an underlying civil rights claim against...

Briggs v. Labarge

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
Award of sanctions imposed on a bankruptcy petitioner's attorney is vacated where the bankruptcy court properly found that the attorney violated a...

Dragomirecky v. Town of Ponce Inlet

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
Dismissal of a pro se certiorari petition brought by petitioner, owner of a house subject to a demolition order, with prejudice as a sanction for...

Harrington v. City of Chicago

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
Denial of a motion to vacate a dismissal of a civil rights suit for failure to prosecute is affirmed where there was no abuse of discretion in the...

Conley v. Wyndham

Sanctions
Petition for writ of certiorari regarding a non-final pretrial order imposing a monetary sanction on petitioner is denied where petitioner failed to...

Diaz v. American Airlines, Inc.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions, Transportation
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim for decedent's benefits pursuant to the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) as a sanction for disobeying...

Joseph v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Wisconsin Sys.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Sanctions
Grant of defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendants violated his constitutional...