Koch v. Hankins

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• adopting eases of other circuits holding that a defendant is entitled to recover attorneys fees or costs for work not useful in continuing litigation between the parties
• reversing attorneys' fees award based on fee application in chart form with only general descriptions
• noting 27 “work product rendered useless by the dismissal should be awarded as a condition 28 of the voluntary dismissal”
• “Only those costs incurred for the preparation of work product rendered useless 5 by the dismissal should be awarded as a condition of the voluntary dismissal.”
• a defendant is only entitled to recover, as a condition of dismissal under Rule 41(a)(2), attorneys fees or costs for work which is not useful in continuing litigation between the parties

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Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Fred Lowenschuss, Debtor. Resorts International, Inc. v. Fred Lowenschuss
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-10-10· cited 160×
• Christopher Hargis v. Phil Foster, Beauchamp, Lahaei, D.W. McEcheron and D. H.O. Crawford
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-12-03· cited 88×
• Esquivel v. Arau
  C.D. California· 1996-01-26· cited 49×
• Haystack Ranch, LLC v. Fazzio
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2000-04-10· cited 23×
• Johnson v. Horizon Fisheries, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-02-09· cited 16×
• Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Younan Properties, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-12-05· cited 14×
• Koch v. Hankins
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-10-15· cited 13×
• Westlands Water District v. Patterson
  E.D. California· 1995-08-09· cited 9×
• Christopher Hargis v. Phil Foster, Beauchamp, Lahaei, D.W. McEcheron and D.H.O. Crawford
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-03-07· cited 8×
• Westlands Water District v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-11-07· cited 4×
• LeFer v. Murry
  D. Montana· 2013-10-15· cited 1×
• Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Younan Properties, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-12-05

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gaf Corporation v. Transamerica Insurance Company. Gaf Corporation v. Transamerica Insurance Company
  D.C. Circuit· 1981-09-03· cited 82×
• Antowyn Cauley v. John Wilson
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-02-13· cited 82×
• Sami Rebekah Lau, on Behalf of Herself and All Other Similarly Situated v. Glendora Unified School District
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-06-24· cited 53×
• Mindy Taragan v. Eli Lilly and Company, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-02-12· cited 48×
• Francis X. McLaughlin v. Maxine Cheshire
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-04-30· cited 37×
• Koch v. Hankins
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-03-21· cited 18×

Other cases named Koch v. Hankins

4 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Koch v. Hankins
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-03-21· cited 21×
• Koch v. Hankins
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-03-21· cited 18×
• Koch v. Hankins
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-10-15· cited 13×
• Koch v. Hankins
  California Court of Appeal· 1990-09-25· cited 2×