United States Ninth Circuit - July 2005 Opinion Summaries

Singh v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Plaintiff has not established that the Board of Immigration Appeals' regulations, authorizing summary dismissal for failure to either file a brief or...

Warsoldier v. Woodford

Criminal Law & Procedure, Indian Law, Remedies
In a suit challenging a prison hair grooming policy, denial of plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction is reversed where he has established a...

Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv.

Environmental Law, Water Law

Wang v. Masaitis

Constitutional Law, International Law
Under the Treaty Clause of the Constitution, the United States may enter into a "treaty" with a non-sovereign entity such as Hong Kong.

US v. Thomasian

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms properly classified a Sentinel Arms Striker-12 shotgun as a "destructive device" under the National...

Silva v. Brown

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
The district attorney violated its constitutional duty to disclose material exculpatory evidence when it failed to reveal a deal made to prevent an...

Ranchers Cattlemen v. US Dept. of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Remedies
The district court erred when it issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of a United States Department of Agriculture rule that...

US v. Kaczynski

Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies
Enforcing a restitution order by reasonable means requires the government to take prompt action to see that the victims are awarded restitution in a...

El-Hakem v. BJY Inc.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an intentional discrimination claim, denial of defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law is affirmed where defendant's persistent...

Sims v. Rowland

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A state court's failure to hold an evidentiary hearing sua sponte when presented with evidence of juror bias is not contrary to, nor an unreasonable...