11 results for 'cat:"Contempt" AND cat:"Attorney Fees"'.
J. Davis finds that improperly found a health care group, a health care company and its owner, and a bed company in civil contempt of a securing judgment bond in this business partnership dispute brought by a mobility company and its owner. The underlying judgment was already vacated, making any contempt ruling vacated along with fines, and attorney fees. The case is remanded for further proceedings. Reversed.
Court: Tennessee Court of Appeals, Judge: Davis, Filed On: July 11, 2024, Case #: E2023-00759-COA-R3-CV, Categories: contempt, Business Practices, attorney Fees
J. Wicks finds defense counsel in a Fair Labor Standards Act complaint are entitled to fees and costs due to the willful failure of the litigant’s daughter, a non-party in the case, to respond to the court’s subpoenas, orders and motions throughout discovery. The court grants defense counsel a reduced award of $18,119 as recompense for their work.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Wicks, Filed On: June 10, 2024, Case #: 2:21cv52, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: contempt, Employment, attorney Fees
J. Douglas finds that the lower court properly found the appellants in contempt and ordered them to pay attorney fees in this dispute involving a deeded right-of-way over the appellants’ driveway. The language in the injunction was clear, and the evidence supported a finding that they impeded the driveway and made it “difficult if not impossible” for the appellee to pass. Affirmed.
Court: Maine Supreme Court, Judge: Douglas, Filed On: May 14, 2024, Case #: 2024ME36, Categories: contempt, Real Estate, attorney Fees
J. Johnson finds that the New Orleans Civil Service Commission properly held the Department of Public Works in criminal contempt for not paying attorney fees to a worker after it failed to comply with the Commission’s order to reinstate the worker to her job as parking administrator. The commission has exclusive jurisdiction over employment-related disputes between civil service employers and employees. Further, under the state constitution, the commission has the authority to award attorney fees as an equitable relief. However, the Department of Public Works director should not have been fined because she was not acting in her personal capacity when she failed to comply with the Commission’s order to pay the attorney fees judgments. Affirmed in part.
Court: Louisiana Court Of Appeal, Judge: Johnson, Filed On: May 7, 2024, Case #: 2023-CA-0641, Categories: contempt, attorney Fees
Per curiam, the appellate division finds that the lower court properly awarded petitioners attorneys' fees of $48,000 for litigation required by respondents' contemptuous conduct. Petitioners' counsel provided an adequate statement of the legal services provided on the contempt motion, and respondents' claims of overbilling or duplicative work are speculative. Affirmed.
Court: New York Appellate Divisions, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: May 2, 2024, Case #: 02363, Categories: contempt, attorney Fees
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J. Shanker reverses the trial court's contempt finding against a pro se litigant who lost her contract case against a construction company and then failed to pay the $14,000 in attorney fees, as ordered. Contempt is not an appropriate remedy for failure to pay the fees. Reversed.
Court: DC Court of Appeals, Judge: Shanker, Filed On: April 11, 2024, Case #: 21-CV-0561 , Categories: contempt, attorney Fees, Contract
J. Colvin finds that the trial court properly denied a mother's motions for attorney fees and a contempt citation against the grandparents. The trial court granted the mother's petition to set aside and revoke a final consent order granting grandparent visitation rights. There was no evidence presented to support a contempt finding. The mother's challenge to the constitutionality of the grandparent visitation statute is moot. Affirmed in part.
Court: Georgia Supreme Court, Judge: Colvin, Filed On: March 5, 2024, Case #: S24A0004, Categories: contempt, Family Law, attorney Fees
J. Rosenbaum finds that the district court improperly dismissed the attorney's challenge to the bankruptcy court's order finding him in contempt. The district court incorrectly found that the attorney's appeal was untimely. The attorney filed his appeal within the 14-day period after the bankruptcy court entered a fee order sanctioning him by awarding the company attorney fees and costs for the filing and prosecution of its contempt motion. Although the bankruptcy court issued an earlier order generally awarding the fees, the contempt decision did not become final and appealable until the issuance of the later order which actually set the amount of attorney fees to be awarded. Vacated.
Court: 11th Circuit, Judge: Rosenbaum, Filed On: December 5, 2023, Case #: 22-11389, Categories: contempt, attorney Fees
J. Lioi adopts the magistrate judge's recommendation and grants the crossbow manufacturer's motion to hold the competitor in contempt, ruling the competitor's admission it violated the parties' protective order is sufficient to sanction the company in the amount of more than $39,000 for attorney fees and other costs.
Court: USDC Northern District of Ohio, Judge: Lioi, Filed On: September 22, 2023, Case #: 5:18cv1729, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: contempt, Sanctions, attorney Fees