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25-5464 Jaime A. Diaz ONeill v. Baldor Specialty Foods, Inc. Second Circuit 2025-08-25 Denied IFP attorneys-fees class-action fairness-hearing notice-requirements rule-23 settlement-approval Question not identified.
24-918 Exclusive Group Holdings, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-25 Denied Response Waived attorneys-fees civil-litigation court-procedure federal-removal judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation Whether district courts are required to expressly determine 'unusual circumstances' when adjudicating motions for attorneys' fees and costs under 28 U…
24-321 King for Congress v. Laney Griner, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-09-20 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) attorneys-fees copyright-law de-forest-test implied-license marek-decision rule-68 Whether a non-prevailing judgment-defendant can recover attorneys' fees under Rule 68 and Marek in a copyright case where attorneys' fees are defined …
23A1153 James G. Robinson, et al. v. Armin Azod, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-25 Presumed Complete arbitration attorneys-fees forum-non-conveniens judicial-estoppel manifest-disregard venue Whether judicial estoppel can be applied to prevent a party from challenging venue or forum when the party previously made inconsistent procedural sta…
23-1286 Bowers + Kubota Consulting, Inc., et al. v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor Ninth Circuit 2024-06-10 Denied Amici (2) attorneys-fees circuit-split equal-access-to-justice-act expert-evidence federal-agency judicial-review litigation-standards substantial-justification Whether the government's decision to take a case to trial is 'substantially justified' under the Equal-Access-to-Justice-Act when the government's cas…
23A793 Gregory Garmong v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-27 Presumed Complete attorneys-fees cell-tower civil-rights due-process ninth-circuit standing Whether the Ninth Circuit improperly applied the standard for awarding attorneys' fees in civil rights actions and misinterpreted constitutional due p…
23-574 Traxcell Technologies, LLC v. Sprint Communications Company LP, et al. Federal Circuit 2023-11-28 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-285 attorney-fees attorneys-fees claim-baselessness exceptional-case final-ruling litigation-conduct magistrate-ruling patent-infringement Where petitioner's patent infringement claims were not finally rejected until the district court judge approved the Magistrate Judge's ruling disposin…
23-565 Hasbro, Inc., et al. v. Markham Concepts, Inc., et al. First Circuit 2023-11-27 Denied attorneys-fees circuit-split copyright copyright-act-section-505 copyright-law discretion judicial-discretion kirtsaeng-standard kirtsaeng-v-john-wiley prevailing-party What is the appropriate standard for awarding attorneys' fees to a prevailing party under Section 505 of the Copyright Act?
23-284 H. C., Individually and on Behalf of J. C., a Child With a Disability, et al. v. New York City Department of Education Second Circuit 2023-09-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) attorneys-fees court-discretion disability-rights discretion due-process due-process-hearing educational-agency idea-act individuals-with-disabilities-education-act prevailing-rates settlement-offers How does 20 U.S.C. § 1415(i)(8)(G) affect an award of attorneys' fees under the IDEA?
22-895 Murphy Creek, LLC, et al. v. Murphy Creek Metropolitan District No. 3 Colorado 2023-03-16 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 attorneys-fees civil-rights common-nucleus common-nucleus-of-operative-fact judicial-relief prevailing-party section-1983 substantial-claim substantiality Whether the Colorado Courts erred in holding that the Petitioners were not 'prevailing parties' on their 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 claim
22-390 Shahrouz Jahanshahi v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2022-10-26 Denied Response Waived appellate-rights attorney-fees attorneys-fees civil-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-sanction limited-jurisdiction rule-of-law sanctions whether-the-superior-court-of-california-has-exceeded-its-jurisdiction
22-5399 John Afriyie v. United States Second Circuit 2022-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorneys-fees circuit-split corporate-expenses criminal-procedure criminal-restitution mandatory-victims-restitution-act noscitur-a-sociis restitution statutory-interpretation Whether Section (b)(4) of the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act limits restitution for 'necessary ... other expenses' to out-of-pocket expenses simila…
22-157 The Key Finance, Inc., et al. v. DJ Koon Oklahoma 2022-08-18 Denied Response Waived arbitration-agreements attorneys-fees civil-procedure court-precedent dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act judicial-enforcement standing Whether the decisions below violated the Federal Arbitration Act and decades of Court precedent by failing to enforce the express terms of the parties…
22-36 Karim Christian Kamal v. Joseph A. Farrow, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-12 Denied attorney-fees attorneys-fees circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process economic-damages fraud national-origin-discrimination rico rico-damages Do attorney's fees and court costs incurred as a result of fraud constitute RICO economic damages?
21-1074 Mark A. Di Carlo v. James R. Swartz, Jr., et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-02-03 Denied attorneys-fees civil-procedure defamation due-process federal-removal fourteenth-amendment ohio-law rule-54 Can a federal district court judge grant attorneys fees in federal district court in a federal removal proceeding from Ohio state courts for defamatio…
21-626 Boyd & Associates v. Bryan K. White, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-10-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) attorneys-fees circuit-split civil-procedure false-claims-act first-to-file-bar jurisdiction jurisdictional-dismissal medicaid-fraud sebelius-v-auburn-regional-medical-center Whether the First-to-File Bar of the False Claims Act is jurisdictional
20-1317 Holly MacIntyre v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Tenth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied Response Waived attorneys-fees civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction fraud fraud-damages monetary-relief rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-judgment Whether a plaintiff in a diversity case who seeks monetary relief — for damages emanating from the defendant's fraud in procuring a state-court judgme…
20-1252 Stephen J. Simoni v. Jersey Shore University Medical Center, et al. Third Circuit 2021-03-10 Denied arbitration attorneys-fees circuit-court-interpretation civil-procedure federal-courts federal-labor-law labor-arbitration labor-law supreme-court-precedent union-rights Can arbitrators disregard Supreme Court precedent on awarding attorneys' fees to union members wrongfully denied mandated arbitration?
20-402 Chad Richardson, et ux., Individually and as Parents and Next Friends of L v. Omaha School District Eighth Circuit 2020-09-28 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) administrative-procedures administrative-proceedings attorneys-fees attorneys'-fees circuit-split civil-rights due-process IDEA idea-statute judicial-review limitations-period What type of state statute of limitations should courts borrow for attorneys'-fees-actions under 20-U.S.C.-§-1415(i)(3)(B)(i)(I)?
20-360 David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Shawn Jensen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied attorneys-fees circuit-court-split circuit-split civil-rights fee-enhancement judicial-discretion lodestar-method prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-litigation statutory-interpretation Whether the PLRA leaves any room for a district court to enhance a fee award in prisoner cases beyond what it statutorily prescribes
19-7090 Warren Evans, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure attorneys-fees copyright-law copyright-registration effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure flores-ortega 19-708" ineffective-assistance-of-counsel infringement notice-of-appeal publication-status registration-accuracy right-to-counsel roe-v-flores-ortega sixth-amendment Whether a court can invalidate a copyright registr Whether application of the deadline for filing a Notice of Appeal under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure violates the appellant's right to cou…
19-763 Richard C. Angino, et ux. v. TransUnion LLC Third Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied accuracy accuracy-of-reports attorneys-fees circuit-split consumer-protection consumer-rights credit-reporting credit-reporting-accuracy credit-reports credit-scores due-process fair-credit-reporting-act standing Whether the Supreme Court should accept and decide this case that affects hundreds of millions of individuals
19-768 Sherard Martin v. Davis Marinez, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied Response Waived attorneys-fees civil-damages civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process economic-loss exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment illegal-search illegal-stop incarceration police-misconduct standing Whether a plaintiff whose fourth amendment rights have been violated may be automatically denied damages for subsequent incarceration, attorneys fees,…
19-6900 Aldon Smith v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-fees attorneys-fees buckhannon civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-access-to-justice-act government-litigation judicial-determination mootness prevailing-party standing voluntary-change Does Buckhannon apply in fee determinations under the Equal Access to Justice Act?
19-708 Gold Value International Textile, Inc. v. Sanctuary Clothing, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 17-usc-411 attorneys-fees copyright-infringement copyright-law copyright-ownership copyright-procedure copyright-registration copyright-validity good-faith publication publication-status statutory-interpretation Can a court invalidate a copyright registration and terminate a pending case based on a good-faith inclusion of inaccurate information on a copyright …
18-1503 Nagel Rice, LLP, et al. v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied Response Waived attorneys-fees circuit-split class-action class-action-litigation class-action-settlement conflict-of-interest constitutional-infirmity counsel-fees due-process equal-protection lead-counsel pre-appointment-work unequal-plaintiff-classes Whether non-class counsel is entitled to an award of counsel fees and costs for pre-appointment work, whether a class action settlement agreement prov…
18-1309 Booking.com B.V. v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-04-16 GVR Amici (4)Relisted (3) administrative-law american-rule attorneys-fees civil-procedure civil-procedure-costs first-amendment government-fees government-litigation patent statutory-interpretation trademark trademark-registration Does the presumption under the American Rule that 'each litigant pays his own attorneys' fees, win or lose, unless a statute or contract provides othe…
18-1295 Dale De Steno, et al. v. Kelly Services, Inc. Sixth Circuit 2019-04-12 Denied Response Waived appellate-review attorneys-fees civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-issue constitutional-rights due-process free-speech jury-trial precedent seventh-amendment sixth-circuit standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred by denying the Petitioners' request for a jury trial pursuant to the Seventh Am…
18-7709 John B. Laschkewitsch, as Administrator for the Estate of Ben Laschkewitsch v. Lincoln Life and Annuity Distributors, Inc., dba Lincoln Financial Group Fourth Circuit 2019-02-01 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals attorneys-fees breach-of-contract civil-rights contract costs diagnostic-disclosure due-process equal-protection insurance insurance-policy policy-contestability producer-agreement standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the issues prese…
18-89 AmeriCulture, Inc., et al. v. Los Lobos Renewable Power, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-07-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) anti-SLAPP attorneys-fees circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal-motion expedited-motions federal-court federal-procedure fee-shifting free-speech public-participation Whether state anti-SLAPP fee-shifting provisions apply in federal court
23A1019 Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, et al. Eleventh Circuit Presumed Complete attorneys-fees class-action eleventh-circuit petition-response supreme-court-rules word-limit Whether a district court may grant a motion to exceed standard word limits for a combined response to multiple petitions seeking review of distinct le…
23A1020 David G. Behenna v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, et al. Eleventh Circuit Presumed Complete appellate-review attorneys-fees class-action petition-response supreme-court-rules word-limit Whether a district court may grant a motion to exceed standard word limits for a combined response to multiple petitions seeking review of distinct le…