Plaintiffs appeal an order denying attorney’s fees and costs under 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c). Because the district court did not abuse its discretion, we affirm.
Case: 18-60400 Document: 00514719491 Page: 1 Date Filed: 11/12/2018
No. 18-60400
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Regina Thomas and Pam Pilgrim sued in state court, challenging their terminations by Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company (“the com... More...   $0 (11-16-2018 - MS)

Defendant Kava Holdings, Inc., dba Hotel Bel-Air
(defendant) terminated two restaurant servers after they were
involved in an altercation during work. One of the fired
employees, plaintiff Felix Huerta, sued defendant on a variety of
legal theories, most of which were dismissed before or during
trial. The trial court granted defendant’s motion for nonsuit as to
plaintiff’s ... More...   $0 (11-16-2018 - CA)

This case involves a little girl bonded to and loved by each of her three parents.
The wife in a married couple (defendants C.P. and J.P., wife and husband)
conceived the child with a coworker (plaintiff C.A.), but hid that fact from wife’s
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employer and--initially--from husband. The marriage remains intact and wife and
husband parent the child. For the first three years of th... More...   $0 (11-14-2018 - CA)

Jason Olive is a model and actor who contracted with
General Nutrition Centers, Inc. (GNC) to use his likeness in its
advertising campaign. GNC continued using Olive’s likeness in
its advertising after its right to do so expired. GNC admitted
liability for the unauthorized use of Olive’s likeness in violation of
Civil Code section 33441 but contested the amount of damages. AMore...   $0 (11-05-2018 - CA)

In this latest chapter in what originated as a wage and hour class action,
defendant Arthur J. Parent, Jr. (Parent) appeals from the amended judgment entered in
favor of plaintiff Amanda Quiles on her individual claim for wrongful employment
termination in violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA; 29
U.S.C. § 201 et seq.). (All further statutory references ar... More...   $0 (11-04-2018 - CA)

“The First Amendment guarantees to a religious institution the right to decide
matters affecting its ministers’ employment, free from the scrutiny and second-guessing
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of the civil courts.” (Schmoll v. Chapman University (1999) 70 Cal.App.4th 1434, 1436
(Schmoll).) The so-called ministerial exception is “a ‘nonstatutory, constitutionally
compelled’ exception to federal civil ... More...   $0 (10-29-2018 - CA)

Roger Osborn was convicted of twenty-six counts of possession of a visual
depiction of a minor engaging in a prohibited sexual act, in violation of Iowa Code
section 728.12(3) (2014). The district court ordered Osborn to serve an
indeterminate term of incarceration not to exceed six years. In this appeal, Osborn
challenges his convictions and sentences. In his first cla... More...   $0 (10-21-2018 - IA)

In this appeal, we are asked to
revisit a case in which the plaintiff fought tooth and nail in the
Massachusetts state courts and lost. Displeased by the result of
the state-court proceedings, she repaired to the federal district
court and sought to have that court address essentially the same
grievances. The district court rejected her importunings, and the
plaintiff now a... More...   $0 (10-19-2018 - MA)