all - Opinion Summaries

HICKS v. MATTEL, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Sanctions
District court decision, ordering defense counsel to pay plaintiff $501,565 in attorneys' fees incurred in defending frivolous action for infringement...

TOP ENTERTAINMENT INC. v. ORTEGA

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
Where plaintiffs and their counsel disregarded a court order to submit an informative motion explaining their theory of recovery, and then misled the...

PEOPLE v. MEARNS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sanctions
Based on the provisions of Penal Code section 1202.4(f) and (f)(3)(I), the trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding restitution to the...

FELTNER v. TITLE SEARCH CO.

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
Where a federal court injunction expressly prohibited relitigation in state court of certain issues previously decided in federal court, and the...

IN RE: GRAND JURY v. RINALDI

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Sanctions
Where the district court attempted to coerce contemnor into involuntarily producing documents sought by government, and the contemnor retained the...

IN RE: PRUDENTIAL INS. CO.

Sanctions
It was an abuse of discretion for a court, under its inherent powers, to impose the unique sanction of placing conditions on an attorney-s pro hac...

CROWE v. SMITH

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
Where the record lacks clear and convincing evidence that the purpose of the meeting was to have a global settlement conference to include defendants...

S.M. v. J.K.

Evidence, Sanctions
Under Fed. R. Evid. 412, exclusion of evidence of plaintiff's prior, consensual sexual activity is an appropriate sanction against a party that fails...

HALVERSON v. FUNARO

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Sanctions
Where the court, in denying a motion for summary judgment, acknowledges the legitimate basis for a suit, even though the plaintiff did not ultimately...

FORSYTHE v. HALES

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
District court did not abuse its discretion in entering a default judgment as a sanction where defendant failed to engage in discovery and appear at...