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US v. Thouvenot, Wade & Moerschen, Inc.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law
In a consolidated appeal, requiring interpretation of the Equal Access to Justice Act involving the issue of whether the government's position was...

Rodriguez v. Atkinson, Haskins, Nellis, Brittingham, Gladd & Carwile, P.C.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an appeal from the district court's order awarding attorneys' fees after an infant compromise hearing, the award is affirmed where: 1) the district...

McDaniel v. Schenectady

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In plaintiffs' appeal from an attorney's fee award in a class action challenging defendant-county's strip search policy, the award is affirmed where...

Thorogood v. Sears Roebuck & Co.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In plaintiff's class action lawsuit claiming that defendant-company sold dryers that were misrepresented as containing stainless steel drums in...

Talley v. US Dep't of Agric.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Government Law
In plaintiff's suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) claiming that the Department violated the...

Chacon v. Litke

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a wrongful eviction action, judgment in favor of plaintiffs-tenants concluding that defendants violated the San Francisco Rent Stabilization and...

Hall v. Liberty Life Ins. Co. of Boston

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit seeking reinstatement of her long-term disability benefits, judgment of the district court is affirmed in part, vacated in part...

Jankey v. Lee

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law
In plaintiff's action against a grocery/liquor store owner claiming discrimination on the basis of his disability because architectural barriers...

Sharabianlou v. Karp

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In plaintiff's action seeking rescission of a commercial real estate transaction and tort damages, the portion of the trial court's judgment awarding...

SEB S.A. v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a patent infringement action by a French company that specializes in home-cooking appliances against a Hong Kong corporation, involving a patent...