29 results for 'judge:"Lamberth"'.
J. Lamberth finds the Islamic Republic of Iran liable for $18,780,353.09 in compensatory damages and $56,341,059.27 in punitive damages after finding that it materially supported attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq during the U.S. occupation of that country.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Lamberth, Filed On: April 30, 2024, Case #: 1:17cv131, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: International Law, Terrorism
J. Lamberth finds the Islamic Republic of Iran liable for $56,068,379.74 in compensatory damages and $168,205,139.22 in punitive damages, having already found it responsible for attacks on American servicemembers during the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Lamberth, Filed On: April 30, 2024, Case #: 1:17cv131, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: International Law, Tort
J. Lamberth grants the contractor's motion for sanctions in the subcontractor's suit against it stemming from a dispute over a renovation of the Latvian Embassy. The contractor is awarded attorney's fees and costs and the subcontractor is prohibited from introducing evidence relating to costs incurred on the project and opposing the contractor's expert's cost opinions, as sanction for repeated and flagrant failures to follow court orders and produce required discovery.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Lamberth, Filed On: April 24, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv1643, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Sanctions, Discovery, Contract
J. Lamberth grants a motion by the Department of the Interior and other federal defendants to sever the offshore wind farm opponents' action seeking to challenge approvals of two such projects into separate actions for each project, and partially grants the projects' developers' motion to intervene. Judicial economy and efficiency factors favor severance, and the claims to be severed do not present common questions of law or fact. The developer of one project is permitted to intervene in this case, but the motion to intervene is denied as to the other project's developer, given the severance of claims related to its project.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Lamberth, Filed On: April 10, 2024, Case #: 1:24cv141, NOS: Environmental Matters - Other Suits, Categories: Energy, Environment, Agency
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J. Lamberth grants default judgment to the family of a man stabbed by a Hamas militant in the West Bank in their suit against the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Syrian Arab Republic alleging that the two countries provided material support to Hamas. The family has sufficiently established that Hamas is responsible for their family member's murder, that the two countries have provided financial and material support to Hamas, and that this support falls under an exception to sovereign immunity for state sponsors of terrorism.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Lamberth, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv3492, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: International Law, Terrorism, Wrongful Death
J. Lamberth grants $17,000 in attorney fees and costs to a group following its Freedom of Information Act case against the IRS seeking records related to alleged meetings between the agency's commissioner and FTX, "a famously scandal-ridden and now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange." The IRS repeatedly refused to process the request and, although it failed to find responsive records, the group is considered the prevailing party following the FOIA litigation.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Lamberth, Filed On: February 16, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv340, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Public Record, Tax, Attorney Fees
J. Lamberth grants, in part, a group of residents' motion to compel in their takings case against the district concerning the police department's seizure of their property for use as evidence in cases in which they were not the defendants. The residents' request for access to the department's property logbooks is granted, with modifications, as the information they are seeking is relevant to their case.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Lamberth, Filed On: January 11, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv2930, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Constitution, Property, Discovery
J. Lamberth grants, in part, a group of investors' motion for entry of judgment with pre-judgment interest in their case against Fannie Mae, in which a jury awarded them $299 million. Simple, fixed interest is awarded, as they have failed to show compound interest is warranted, nor have they challenged a fixed interest rate.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Lamberth, Filed On: October 24, 2023, Case #: 1:13cv1053, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Securities, Damages
J. Lamberth finds for a bridgebuilding group on its contract claim against an insurer, which had denied coverage for expenses the group incurred replacing portions of a bridge's support system, which was defective. Although the bridge structures had to be redone due to the group's workmanship in the initial build, the insurer fails to show the damage at issue is not covered by the policy, or that an exclusion applies.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Lamberth, Filed On: September 29, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv1436, NOS: Insurance - Contract, Categories: Construction, Insurance, Contract
J. Lamberth refuses to dismiss Campaign Legal Center’s action against Iowa Values, a conservative nonprofit group CLC argues is an unregistered political action committee. Contrary to the group's arguments, the district court has jurisdiction to hear the case and it is not moot.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Lamberth, Filed On: August 31, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv389, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Civil Procedure, Elections, Jurisdiction
J. Lamberth finds for the Agency on International Development on a black female employee's race, sex and age discrimination claims, which arose after a white man was chosen over her for a supervisory position. She fails to show the agency's legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for its choice was pretextual.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Lamberth, Filed On: August 15, 2023, Case #: 1:19cv3702, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination
J. Lamberth grants, in part, a union's discovery motion regarding labor- and wage-related information from the postal service. Limited discovery on requests for position, location, base salary and overtime pay data, along with positions that are excluded from representation, will be allowed, as ultra vires review under the Postal Reorganization Act is not restricted to the administrative record.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Lamberth, Filed On: August 15, 2023, Case #: 1:19cv2236, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Government, Discovery, Labor / Unions
J. Lamberth denies, in part, family members' renewed motion for default judgment on the emotional distress claims arising from terrorist attacks. The District of Columbia choice-of-law principles apply and, therefore, the domiciles of the family members, including Maryland, South Africa And England, apply to their emotional distress claims.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Lamberth, Filed On: July 5, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv1227, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Terrorism, Emotional Distress, Choice Of Law