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Wickens v. Shell Oil Co.

Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Attorney's Fees, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit against Shell Oil under Indiana's Underground Storage Tank Act, claiming that Shell Oil was liable for the contamination on a plot...

Flood v. ClearOne Communications, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In defendant's appeal from a preliminary injunction requiring defendant-corporation to advance attorney fees and costs to its former CEO, who was then...

Metavante Corp. v. Emigrant Savings Bank

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies
In plaintiff's suit for breach of contract against defendant-bank for nonpayment of fees under the parties' Technology Outsourcing Agreement, judgment...

Transcon. Ins. Co. v. Crump

Attorney's Fees, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In plaintiff's suit against her deceased husband's insurer for workers' compensation death benefits, the judgment of the court of appeals is reversed...

Garcia v. Gomez

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's suit against a hospital and a treating physician for the death of plaintiff's mother from a pulmonary embolism following surgery, court...

Fuller v. Fiber Glass Sys., L.P.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 claiming discrimination (non-selection), harassment...

New W. Charter Middle Sch. v. Los Angeles Unified Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Education Law, Government Law
In plaintiff-charter school's suit against the Los Angeles School District for revoking its offer to plaintiff a number of classrooms and the shared...

In re: Mercury Interactive Corp. Sec. Litig.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a securities class action, the district court's order awarding attorneys' fees of twenty-five percent of the $117.5 million settlement fund to...

Sottoriva v. Claps

Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court's reduction of an Illinois Department of Human Rights employee's fee award by 67%, accounting for the partial success of the employee's...

El-Tabech v. Clarke

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action by a Muslim inmate alleging that prison officials were violating his religious rights under the First Amendment and the Religious Land...