fee-shifting

16 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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 1. Whether the Patent Act's fee-shifting statute allows a district court discretion to impose joint and several liability for the fee award on a party…
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 1. Does a dismissal without prejudice that reestablishes the pre-suit status quo make a defendant the "prevailing party" under 17 U.S.C. §§ 505 and 12…
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 Question not identified.
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, where …
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 The most important questions for any form of intellectual property are what gets protection, i.e., the subject matter, and the scope of that protectio…
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 under terms entitling plaintiffs attorneys to reasonable fees and costs as…
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 1. Should this Court permit the Lanham Act to be extended to non-commercial political speech? 2. Should this Court permit the imposition of a sanctio…
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 The First Amendment right to petition clause contains a heightened standard precluding liability when a citizen exercises his/her right to bring suit …
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 1. Do this Court's decisions defining "a reasonable attorney's fee" in fee-shifting cases also constrain a district court's discretion in awarding "re…
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 Question not identified.
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 Question not identified.
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 1. In determining whether to enhance damages for "egregious" infringement under §284, must courts consider all relevant circumstances, including evide…
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 1. Whether a state anti-SLAPP provision requiring an award of attorneys' fees and costs to a prevailing defendant applies in federal court—as the Firs…