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Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Bureau of Land Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought under the Freedom of Information Act, an attorney's fees award to plaintiff and against the Bureau of Land Management is vacated...

Kerchner v. Obama

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Sanctions
In plaintiffs' suit challenging the legitimacy of President Obama's citizenship, district court's dismissal is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs lack...

Golden v. Helen Sigman & Assoc., Ltd.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Family Law, Sanctions
In plaintiff's multi-count federal lawsuit against various defendants in connection with his divorce and child custody proceedings, district court's...

Grohman v. Kahlig

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's suit against her ex-husband for various torts and breach of a security agreement entered pursuant to their divorce settlement, court of...

Holman v. Altana Pharma US, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Attorney's Fees
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), trial court's grant of defendant's motion for...

Mundy v. Neal

Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In plaintiff's Civ. Code section 55 motion for attorney fees in connection with a suit to force a landowner to install a designated van-accessible...

McCabe v. Parker

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Remedies
In an action based on plaintiffs' arrest for trespass and subjection to a strip and visual body cavity search in the course of their protest at the...

Williams v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's ERISA suit against MetLife for terminating her long-term disability benefits, judgment of the district court in favor of the plaintiff...

In re: Hyde

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an action involving the intermediate accountings of two trusts, the appellate division's attorney fee order is modified where Surrogate's Court...

Steinman v. Malamed

Contracts, Attorney's Fees, Evidence, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Securities Law
In defendant's motion to enforce a prepayment provision under a settlement agreement arising from plaintiffs' suit for breach of fiduciary duty and...