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Matter of Altman v. New York City Department of Education, 110357/2005

Publication Date: 2006-11-28
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Date Filed: 2006-11-02
Court: Supreme Court, New York County
Judge: Paul Feinman
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Case Number: 110357/2005

NEW YORK COUNTY Supreme Court For the Petitioner: Blau, Kayman & Barrows By: Howard Blau, Esq. For the Respondent: Michael A. Cardozo, Esq.

June 26, 1999 | New York Law Journal

Attorneys' Fees in a Nutshell

Under the well-settled "American Rule," litigants, win or lose, generally must pay their own attorneys' fees, unless an award of attorneys' fees is authorized by contract, statute or equitable grou

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Church of Scientology Int'l v. Behar

Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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Date Filed: 2001-01-12
Court: 2nd Cir.
Judge: WALKER, Chief Judge, CABRANES and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: BURT NEUBORNE, et al.
for defendant: FLOYD ABRAMS, et al.
Case Number: No. 98-9522

The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Chief Judge:Plaintiff-appellant Church of Scientology International ("CSI") appeals from judg

Nilssen v. Osram Sylvania, Inc.

Publication Date: 2008-06-24
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Date Filed: 2008-06-17
Court: Fed. Cir.
Judge: Lourie, Circuit Judge.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For plaintiffs-appellants: Paul Smith, Jenner & Block, Washington, D.C.
for defendant: For defendants-appellees: Brian Sieve, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago.
Case Number: Nos. 2007-1198, -1348

Before NEWMAN, MAYER and LOURIE, Circuit Judges.Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge LOURIE. Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN.Ole K. Nilssen ("Nilssen") and Geo Foundatio

Ernie Haire Ford v. Ford Motor Co.

Publication Date: 2001-08-13
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Date Filed: 2001-08-08
Court: 11th Cir.
Judge: Before BLACK and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and TIDWELL, District Judge
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Case Number: No. 00-14701

The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. BLACK, Circuit Judge:Appellee Ford Motor Company distributes its automobiles through a nationwide network of indep

Barnes v. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

Publication Date: 2000-06-02
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Date Filed: 2000-05-30
Court: Tenn. Sup. Ct.
Judge: HOLDER, J., ANDERSON, C.J., DROWOTA, BIRCH, and BARKER, JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dan M. Norwood
for defendant: Larry W. Barnes, Tim K. Garrett, Michael S. Moschel, and James M. Glascow, Jr.
Case Number: No. W1997-00247-

The plaintiff, Larry W. Barnes, was employed by the defendant, Goodyear Tire & RubberCompany ("Goodyear"). Barnes began working for the defendant in 1970. He had worked inseveral different

Farrakhan v. Gregoire

Publication Date: 2010-10-08
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Date Filed: 2010-10-07
Court: 9th Cir.
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan P. Haygood (argued), John Payton, Theodore Shaw, Norman J. Chachkin, Debo P. Adegbile, Kristen Clarke and Dale E. Ho, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, New York, Danielle C. Gray, New York, New York, and Lawrence A. Weiser, University Legal Assistance at Gonzaga Law School, Spokane, Washington, for plaintiffs-appellants.
for defendant: Robert M. McKenna (argued), Attorney General, Daniel J. Judge, Senior Counsel, and Jeffrey T. Even, Carol Murphy and William B. Collins, Deputy Solicitors General, Olympia, Washington, for defendants-appellees. Derek S. Tarson and Marianne Koh, Of Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, New York, for amici curiae Twenty-Three Leading Criminologists. Sharon L. Browne and Ralph W. Kasarda, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, for amici curiae Pacific Legal Foundation and Center for Equal Opportunity. Thomas C. Goldstein, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C., and Pamela S. Karlan and Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Stanford, California, for amici curiae Thirteen Law Professors. Daniel F. Kolb and Edmund Polubinski III, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, New York, for amicus curiae Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. Juan Cartagena, Community Service Society, New York, New York, for amicus curiae Community Service Society. Elizabeth B. Wydra, Douglas T. Kendall and David H. Gans, Constitutional Accountability Center, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Constitutional Accountability Center. Whitty Somvichian, Kyle C. Wong, Kelly Cooke and Tyler Onitsuka, Cooley LLP, San Francisco, California, for amici curiae Lawyers? Committee for Civil Rights, Equal Justice Society, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and American Parole and Probation Association. Sarah A. Dunne and Nancy Talner, American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Foundation, Seattle, Washington, Peter A. Danelo, Seattle, Washington, Leonard J. Feldman, P.K. Runkles-Pearson and Daniel A. Swedlow, Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, Washington, and Laughlin McDonald and Nancy G. Abudu, ACLU Voting Rights Project, Atlanta, Georgia, for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Washington and American Civil Liberties Union. Lawrence S. Lustberg and Jennifer B. Condon, Gibbons P.C., Newark, New Jersey, for amici curiae National Black Police Association, National Latino Officers Association, American Probation and Parole Association and Six Former Law Enforcement Officials.
Case Number: No. 06-35669

Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 13034MUHAMMAD SHABAZZ FARRAKHAN, aka Ernest S. Walker; AL-KAREEM SHADEED; MARCUS X. PRICE; RAMON BARRIENTES; TIMOTHY SCHAAF; CLIFTON BRICENO

July 19, 2007 | Daily Report Online

ServiceJuris goes to Vine City

MORE THAN 800 MEMBERS of Atlanta's legal community last month exchanged briefcases, timesheets and computers for paintbrushes, hammers and shovels to take part in this year's ServiceJuris pr

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Compton Unified School District v. Addison

Publication Date: 2010-03-22
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Date Filed: 2010-03-22
Court: 9th Cir.
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barrett K. Green and Daniel J. Cravens, Littler Mendelson, Los Angeles, California, for the appellant.
for defendant: George D. Crook, Newman Aaronson Vanaman, Sherman Oaks, California, for the appellee.
Case Number: No. 07-55751 No. 07-56013

Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 3510COMPTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v.STARVENIA ADDISON; GLORIA

United States v. Wittig

Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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Date Filed: 2009-08-10
Court: 10th Cir.
Judge: Gorsuch, Circuit Judge
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Case Number: 08-3220

PUBLISHBefore MURPHY, McKAY, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.David Wittig and Douglas Lake continue to labor under an indictment for allegedly looting their former company, Westar Energy, Inc. Their