United States Ninth Circuit - October 2009 Opinion Summaries

Medical Dev. Int'l. v. Cal. Dept. of Corr.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law, Health Law
In an action to recover payment for medical care provided to prisoners, the removal of the action to the district court is affirmed where the suit was...

Gonzalez v. Brown

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a drug possession prosecution, denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where, in view of the relatively low number of peremptory...

US v. Moriel-Luna

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In defendant's appeal from a denial of his motion to dismiss his indictment for illegal reentry into the U.S. by a deported alien, the district...

Laster v. AT&T Mobility LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a class action claiming that a telephone company's offer of a "free" phone to anyone who signed up for its service was fraudulent to the extent the...

Standard Ins. Co. v. Morrison

ERISA, Insurance Law
In an action claiming that a state's practice of disapproving insurance policies with clauses vesting discretion in insurers violated the Employee...

California Energy Comm'n v. Dept. of Energy

Administrative Law, Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
In a petition for review of an order of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) denying petitioner's request for a waiver of preemption under the Energy...

Stormans, Inc. v. Selecky

Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
In a First Amendment action seeking to require pharmacies to deliver lawfully prescribed FDA-approved medications and prohibit discrimination against...

Westchester Fire Ins. Co. v. Mendez

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Sanctions
In an action by an insurer seeking a declaration that it had no obligation to defend or indemnify defendant against a certain claim because he failed...

Brodheim v. Cry

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prisoner's action claiming that an official violated his First Amendment right to petition the government for redress of grievances, summary...

US v. Kilbride

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Evidence, Sentencing
In a prosecution arising from defendants' conduct relating to their business of sending unsolicited email, or spam, advertising adult websites,...