United States Ninth Circuit - August 2006 Opinion Summaries
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US v. Arellano-OchoaUnited States Ninth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, EvidenceFor purposes of the Fourth Amendment, whether opening a screen door breaches a reasonable expectation of privacy depends on the circumstances. Denial... |
08/31/2006 | 04-30545 |
US v. Covian-SandovalUnited States Ninth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, SentencingA conviction and sentence for attempted illegal entry is affirmed, over claims that the district court's plea colloquy was inadequate under Federal... |
08/31/2006 | 05-50543 |
Sass v. California Bd. of Prison TermsUnited States Ninth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, SentencingCalifornia inmates continue to have a liberty interest in parole after In re Dannenberg, 34 Cal. 4th 1061 (2005). However, denial of a petition for a... |
08/31/2006 | 05-16455 |
Chem. Producers & Distribs. Ass'n v. HellikerUnited States Ninth Circuit
Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Government LawIntervening amendments to California's pesticide registration laws, which were challenged and upheld below, rendered the appeal on hand moot. |
08/31/2006 | 04-56318 |
Syverson v. Int'l Bus. Machs. Corp.United States Ninth Circuit
Civil Rights, Contracts, Elder Law, Labor & Employment LawDismissal with prejudice of a putative class action alleging age discrimination claims against IBM is reversed and an award for IBM vacated where a... |
08/31/2006 | 04-16449 |
Pub. Utils. Comm'n of the State of California v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'nUnited States Ninth Circuit
Administrative Law, Government Law, Public UtilitiesPetitions for review of a series of orders issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relating to the California energy crisis are... |
08/31/2006 | 01-71051 |
Trs. of the Constr. Indus. & Laborers Health & Welfare Trust v. Redland Ins. Co.United States Ninth Circuit
Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, ERISAIn the context of ERISA actions, if fees for work performed by non-attorneys are customarily billed separately in the relevant market, those fees are... |
08/30/2006 | 04-16380 |
Funky Films, Inc. v. Time Warner Entm't Co.United States Ninth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual PropertySummary judgment for defendants Time Warner and HBO, creators of the television mini-series "Six Feet Under," in a copyright infringement suit is... |
08/30/2006 | 04-55578 |
US v. RuizUnited States Ninth Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, SentencingConvictions and sentences for drug and firearms offenses are reversed in part where insufficient evidence was introduced at trial to support the... |
08/30/2006 | 04-10308, 04-10311 |
Fitzgerald Living Trust v. USUnited States Ninth Circuit
Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real EstateIn a dispute over property owners' right of access over a national forest road and a proposed statutory easement by the Forest Service providing them... |
08/30/2006 | 04-16149 |
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