Ninth Circuit Affirms Jury Verdict By Former L.A. Police Officers Against City of Los Angeles and Chief Parks. Three police officers brought federal civil rights claims against Los Angeles governmental entities and officials, arising from prosecutions and acquittals of criminal charges connected with the Rampart scandal. After certain defendants were dismissed […]
Denial of Writ of Certiorari Leaves Court of Appeal Opinion – and Fee Award — Intact. On June 23, 2008, the Supreme Court of the United States denied the petition for writ of certiorari for San Francisco v Harman, Allen. —S.Ct.—, 2008 WL 1955817 (U.S. Cal.), 76 USLW 3611.
First District Reverses Summary Judgment in ADA Case; Fee Award Also Reversed Because Appellant Separately Appealed It. In posts for June 6 and 7, 2008, we reviewed several decisions that denied review of fee awards because the appealing party did not bring a separate appeal. Here, we happily review a decision
Settlement Follows on the Heels of a Preliminary Injunction and Denial of Defendants’ Summary Judgment Motions. In Fall 2006, several homeless persons, individually and on a behalf of a class of all homeless people living in the City of Fresno whose personal belongings were unlawfully taken and destroyed in sweeps, raids,
Sixth District Correctly Sets Forth Standard of Review and Still Determines Prevailing Party Not Entitled to Fee Recovery Under the Mobile Residency Law, Civil Code section 1717, or the Unruh Act. In Ideal Homes v. DenHoy, Case No. H031071 (6th Dist. May 27, 2008) (unpublished), the Sixth District reminded us that
Federal Appellate Court Finds Equal Protection Claim Demonstrated No Actual Injury and Vacates $509,000 Fee/Cost Award. Up to this point, California state court decisions have been discussed in prior postings. That is not by design; we do plan to cover California federal cases involving attorney’s fees awards, even though they
