| 24-726 |
DISH Network L.L.C. v. Dragon Intellectual Property LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2025-01-10 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response Waived |
administrative-proceeding attorney-fees district-court-discretion fee-shifting joint-and-several-liability patent-law |
Whether the Patent Act's fee-shifting statute allows a district court discretion to impose joint and several liability for attorney fees and to award … |
| 24-267 |
John Abdelsayed, et al. v. Affordable Aerial Photography, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-09-10 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (3) |
circuit-split dismissal-without-prejudice fee-shifting judicial-discretion prevailing-party statutory-interpretation |
Does a dismissal without prejudice that reestablishes the pre-suit status quo make a defendant the 'prevailing party' under fee-shifting statutes? |
| 23A235 |
Hasbro, Inc., et al. v. Markham Concepts, Inc., et al. |
First Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Presumed Complete |
|
17-usc-505 attorney-fees circuit-split copyright-infringement fee-shifting intellectual-property |
Whether courts should apply a presumption in favor of awarding attorney's fees to prevailing parties in copyright infringement cases under 17 U.S.C. §… |
| 22-659 |
Padma Rao v. Anita Rao, et al. |
Illinois |
2023-01-18 |
Denied |
|
american-rule due-process equity equity-doctrine fee-shifting litigation-penalty pleading-requirements retroactive retroactive-application |
Whether it was a violation of due process to retroactively impose a new fee-shifting penalty in contravention of the established American Rule |
| 21-8001 |
Charles James v. Thomson Sailors Homes, L.L.C., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
architectural-works circuit-split copyright-infringement copyright-scope fee-shifting legal-standard qualitatively-significant-similarity thin-copyright-protection thin-protection |
Scope of copyright protection for architectural works |
| 21-1462 |
Cheryl Griffith v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-05-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-fees blum-v-stenson contract-principles fee-shifting fees-and-costs johnson-v-georgia-hwy-exp-inc market-rates prevailing-market-rate prevailing-party settlement-agreement statutory-fee-shifting statutory-interpretation |
Whether a settlement in a case covered by statutory fee shifting provisions requires fees to be determined under Blum v. Stenson's prevailing market r… |
| 21-1256 |
Robert M. Athey, et al. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2022-03-16 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
american-rule attorney-fees common-law costs equal-access-to-justice-act federal-circuit fee-shifting statutory-interpretation |
Did a panel of the Federal Circuit err by entirely exempting the United States as a matter of law from liability for such fees and costs pursuant to t… |
| 21-247 |
Coalition for Better Government, et al. v. Alliance for Good Government |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-fees chilling-effect commercial-speech fee-shifting first-amendment lanham-act non-commercial-speech political-speech |
Should the Lanham Act be extended to non-commercial political speech? |
| 20-965 |
Balubhai Patel, et al. v. Manuel Chavez |
California |
2021-01-22 |
Denied |
|
42-usc-1983 anti-SLAPP anti-SLAPP-statute attorney-fees civil-rights civil-rights-statute federal-preemption fee-shifting preemption supremacy-clause |
Whether California's anti-SLAPP statute's mandatory attorney fee shifting provisions in favor of a prevailing defendant conflicts with, and stands as … |
| 19-1375 |
Aaron L. Katz v. Incline Village General Improvement District |
Nevada |
2020-06-13 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-rights fee-shifting first-amendment litigation-immunity petition-clause public-concern public-grievances punitive-statute sham-litigation standing |
Can a petitioning litigant be held liable for their adversary's litigation costs and attorney's fees based upon a punitive statute, where the litigant… |
| 19-244 |
Isaacson/Weaver Family Trust v. Fresno County Employees' Retirement Association, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-08-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-fees civil-procedure class-action common-fund common-fund-settlement fee-shifting lodestar lodestar-method securities securities-law |
Do this Court's decisions defining 'a reasonable attorney's fee' in fee-shifting cases also constrain a district court's discretion in awarding 'reaso… |
| 19-45 |
Nexus Services, Inc., et al. v. Donald Lee Moran, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Deputy Sheriff of Augusta County, Virginia, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-05 |
Denied |
|
christiansburg-garment civil-procedure court-order federal-statute fee-shifting legal-relationship prevailing-party rule-41 rule-41(a)(1) voluntary-dismissal |
Can a party qualify as a 'prevailing party' under a federal fee shifting statute when an adverse party voluntarily dismisses its claims under Rule 41(… |
| 18A1274 |
Nexus Services, Inc., et al. v. Donald Lee Moran, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-06-07 |
Presumed Complete |
|
attorney-fees civil-procedure fee-shifting prevailing-party statutory-interpretation voluntary-dismissal |
Whether a voluntary dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1) precludes a defendant from being considered a 'prevailing party' for purp… |
| 18A1209 |
Michael W. Gahagan v. Citizenship & Immigration Services |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-05-22 |
Presumed Complete |
|
attorney-fees fee-shifting foia litigation-costs statutory-interpretation substantial-prevailing |
Whether a court may award attorney's fees under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) when a plaintiff has technically 'substantially prevailed' but o… |
| 18-395 |
Corning Optical Communications RF LLC v. PPC Broadband, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-09-27 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
civil-procedure egregious-conduct fee-shifting halo-standard halo-v-pulse intentional-knowing notice-requirement objective-reasonableness patent-damages willful-infringement |
Whether courts must consider all relevant circumstances, including evidence that the defendant's position was objectively reasonable, in determining w… |
| 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 |