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US v. Capener

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In a case involving a failed prosecution for health care fraud, an order partially granting defendant's motion under the Hyde Act and awarding fees to...

Myers v. Central Fla. Invs., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a battery and sexual harassment action, partial judgment for plaintiff and for defendants is affirmed where: 1) defendants failed to show that the...

Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Holiday

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by plaintiff-longshoreman against defendant-employer, decision of the Department of Labor's Benefits Review Board (BRB) is...

Michigan American Fed'n of State County & Mun. Employees v. Matrix Human Serv.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a labor labor dispute involving reduction of healthcare benefits to union members, decision of the district is reversed as a defendant who...

Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Chester, Willcox & Saxbe

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Judgement Enforcement, Product Liability
In an action brought by a class member who had participated in tobacco litigation in Florida as part of nationwide tobacco litigation in the late...

El Paso Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Richard R.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Education Law, Health Law
In a school district's appeal from an award of attorney's fees to a student under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, the fees award...

Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Ctr. v. US Bureau of Land Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against the Bureau of Land Management seeking a preliminary injunction against a timber sale, a grant of attorney's fees to plaintiff is...

Riordan v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action to recover insurance proceeds arising out of a car accident, the district court's award of attorney's fees to plaintiff under Montana law...

In re: Crescent City Estates, LLC

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
28 U.S.C. section 1447(c) does not permit the imposition of legal fees on an attorney who erroneously removes a case from state to federal court.

Martin Bros. Constr., Inc. v. Thompson Pacific Constr., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Contracts, Remedies
In plaintiff's suit against defendant-general contractor on a public works project, and its surety and bonding companies for monies owed at the end of...