Abuse Of Discretion Standard For Costs

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• THE Florida BAR v. Miele
  605 So. 2d 866· Fla.· 1992-10-08 ·cited 46×
  The court held that a public reprimand and payment of costs were appropriate disciplinary actions for an attorney who failed to account for his time and communicate fee awards to clients.
• Kermit Hodge v. Seiler
  558 F.2d 284· 5th Cir.· 1977-08-29 ·cited 40×
  The court held that the HUD investigative report was admissible, that Mrs. Hodge was entitled to damages, attorney's fees, and costs, and that Mr. Hodge was entitled to attorney's fees, while affirming the denial of transportation costs.
• Walters v. Roadway Express, Inc.
  557 F.2d 521· 5th Cir.· 1977-08-12 ·cited 37×
  The court held that the district court erred in dismissing the ICC claim for lack of jurisdiction, but correctly affirmed the committee's decisions on seniority and employee discharges.
• United States v. D.K.G. Appaloosas, Inc.
  829 F.2d 532· 5th Cir.· 1987-09-29 ·cited 28×
  The court affirmed the district court's judgments, holding that the government waived its right to challenge the interpretation of the pre-plea agreement by not raising it below, and that the ex post facto clause does not apply to civil forfeiture proceedings.
• Goslin v. Racal Data Commc'ns, Inc.
  468 So. 2d 390· Fla. 3d DCA· 1985-04-23 ·cited 27×
  Goslin, a former Milgo employee, sued his employer Racal-Milgo for specific performance of stock options and damages after a corporate merger converted his remaining stock options to cash payments. The court affirmed summary judgment and final judgment for the employer, finding t
• Metro. Dade Cnty. v. Curelli
  511 So. 2d 602· Fla. 3d DCA· 1987-06-02 ·cited 10×
  In an eminent domain proceeding, the Florida Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's final judgment and cost orders, rejecting property owners' claims for business inventory damages in a total taking and affirming expert appraiser fees awarded to property owners
• Gibson v. Greater Park City Co.
  818 F.2d 722· 10th Cir.· 1987-05-07 ·cited 10×
  Summary judgment is appropriate in antitrust conspiracy cases if the plaintiff's evidence is ambiguous and does not tend to exclude the possibility of independent action.
• Anne S. Bright v. Baltzell
  65 So. 3d 90· Fla. 4th DCA· 2011-06-22 ·cited 5×
  Anne Bright appealed a trial court's award of attorney's fees and costs following her voluntary dismissal of a breach of contract action against Frank Baltzell. The Fourth District reversed the fee award but affirmed the cost award, finding that the dismissal was not a second vol
• THE Florida BAR v. Carson
  737 So. 2d 1069· Fla.· 1999-05-20 ·cited 4×
  The Florida Bar disciplined attorney Kevin Kitpatrick Carson for violating professional conduct rules governing contingent fee referral agreements by entering into oral agreements for referral fees without written client consent and pursuing collection of those fees. The Florida
• Palm Beach Polo, Inc. v. TJ Palm Beach Assocs., L.P.
  21 So. 3d 183· Fla. 4th DCA· 2009-11-25 ·cited 3×
  Palm Beach Polo appeals from an order awarding attorney's fees and costs to the defendants following a summary judgment victory. The court reversed in part due to the trial court's failure to make express written findings regarding hours expended by attorneys, but affirmed the co
• Lane v. Workforce Bus. Servs., Inc.
  151 So. 3d 537· Fla. 1st DCA· 2014-11-12
  In a workers' compensation case, the court affirmed the denial of attorney's fees under section 57.105, finding that statute does not apply to original workers' compensation proceedings under chapter 440, but reversed the denial of litigation costs for videotaped depositions beca