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United States Ninth Circuit - December 2010 Opinion Summaries

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Moormann v. Ryan
United States Ninth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus 
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) trial counsel's failure to investigate and pursue a...
12/08/2010 08-99035
Transwestern Pipeline Co. v. 17.19 Acres of Prop. Located in Maricopa Cty.
United States Ninth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate 
In an appeal from the district court's denial of defendant's motion for fees and costs in a condemnation action, the order is affirmed where the term...
12/08/2010 09-16850
US v. Caruto
United States Ninth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure 
Defendant's conviction for importation of cocaine and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute is affirmed where 1) the district court’s...
12/08/2010 09-50309
Wild Fish Conservancy v. Salazar
United States Ninth Circuit
Administrative Law, Environmental Law 
In a challenge to a Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) biological opinion addressing the effects of the operations of the Leavenworth National Fish...
12/07/2010 09-35531
US v. Lopez-Velasquez
United States Ninth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law 
In a prosecution for illegal reentry, the dismissal of the indictment is reversed where an immigration judge's (IJ) duty was limited to informing an...
12/07/2010 07-30241
Affiliated FM Ins. Co. v. LTK Consulting Servs., Inc.
United States Ninth Circuit
Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation 
In an action asserting that defendant provided negligent design advice to the Seattle Monorail System that resulted in fire damage, summary judgment...
12/07/2010 07-35696
Progressive Gulf Ins. Co. v. Faehnrich
United States Ninth Circuit
Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law 
In an action by an insurer seeking a declaration that the family member exclusion in an auto insurance policy barred recovery for defendants arising...
12/07/2010 09-16487
Nat'l. Ass'n. of Home Builders v. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Ctrl. Dist.
United States Ninth Circuit
Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate 
In an action claiming that an air pollution district's rule requiring development sites to reduce the amount of pollutants they emit was preempted by...
12/07/2010 08-17309
US v. White & Case LLP
United States Ninth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Evidence 
In the United States' appeal from an order of the district court quashing certain subpoenas directed to the respondent law firms, seeking...
12/07/2010 10-15758
US v. Farmer
United States Ninth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
Defendant's child pornography possession sentence is affirmed where defendant's prior conviction under California Penal Code section 288(a), for lewd...
12/06/2010 09-50124

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