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United States Ninth Circuit - August 2008 Opinion Summaries

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US v. Daniels
United States Ninth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
Sentence for possessing child pornography is affirmed in part and vacated and remanded in part where: 1) a lifetime term of supervised release agreed...
08/29/2008 07-50242
Nationwide Life Ins. Co. v. Richards
United States Ninth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Insurance Law 
In an suit to resolve conflicting claims to the proceeds of a life-insurance policy, judgment that defendant, the wife of decedent, conspired in,...
08/28/2008 06-56562
US v. Gamba
United States Ninth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus 
On remand from the Supreme Court, denial of habeas relief for petitioner, convicted of witness tampering after a magistrate judge was allowed to...
08/28/2008 06-35021
County of Santa Clara v. Astra USA, Inc.
United States Ninth Circuit
Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Government Benefits, Government Contracts, Government Law, Health Law  (Industry: Manufacturing)
In a lawsuit brought by certain federally funded medical clinics claiming that they have been overcharged for certain prescription drugs in violation...
08/27/2008 06-16471
Local Joint Exec. Bd. of Las Vegas v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.
United States Ninth Circuit
Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law  (Industry: Travel & Leisure)
Petition for review of an NLRB order dismissing union's complaints against hotel employers for unilaterally terminating dues-checkoff before...
08/27/2008 07-73979
Mendez v. County of San Bernardino
United States Ninth Circuit
Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Sanctions  (Industry: Travel & Leisure)
In a suit against a city, county, sheriff's department and various individual defendants under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 arising from the aftermath of an...
08/27/2008 05-56118, 06-56424, 07-56029
Byrd v. Dressel
United States Ninth Circuit
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate  (Industry: Travel & Leisure)
In an action brought by a group of homeowners and community organizations seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against a city, employees, and...
08/27/2008 06-35665
Torres v. City of Los Angeles
United States Ninth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law  (Industry: Travel & Leisure)
In a civil rights action against the City of Los Angeles, the LAPD, and four detectives arising from plaintiff's arrest on murder charges and 162 days...
08/26/2008 06-55817
Wooten v. Kirkland
United States Ninth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus  (Industry: Travel & Leisure)
Dismissal of a petition for habeas relief from a conviction for first degree murder is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not abuse its...
08/26/2008 06-56575
Zhao v. Mukasey
United States Ninth Circuit
Evidence, Immigration Law  (Industry: Travel & Leisure)
Petition for review of a denial of married Chinese Falun Gong practitioners' asylum claims is granted where petitioners are eligible for asylum...
08/26/2008 07-75041

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