United States Ninth Circuit - January 2010 Opinion Summaries

Coto Settlement v. Eisenberg

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff was entitled to part of an amount refunded by the Federal Trade Commission following a judgment against plaintiff...

US v. Treadwell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendants' wire fraud convictions and sentences are affirmed where: 1) 18 U.S.C. section 1343 did not require an intent to cause pecuniary loss; 2)...

New York City Employees' Ret. Sys. v. Jobs

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action against Steve Jobs, Apple corporation, and others concerning the issuance of an allegedly false and misleading proxy...

Esquivel-Garcia v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's requests for cancellation of removal, adjustment of status and voluntary departure is granted...

Velasco-Cervantes v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of the BIA's dismissal of petitioner's appeal of an Immigration Judge's decision denying petitioner's petitions for asylum is...

McDermott v. Ampersand Pub'g., LLC

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In an action under the the National Labor Relations Act seeking an injunction to reinstate employees whom defendant-newspaper discharged for union...

United Farm Wkrs. of Am., AFL-CIO v. EPA

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In an action challenging the EPA's order permitting certain uses of the pesticide Azinphos-Methyl (AZM), dismissal of the action for lack of...

US v. Juvenile Male

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Juvenile Law
In defendant-juvenile's appeal from a proceeding in which he was found to be a juvenile delinquent, the order is affirmed in part where: 1) the U.S....

Chae v. SLM Corp.

Debt Collection, Education Law
In student borrowers' claims challenging loan servicer methods of calculating interest, assessing late fees and setting the repayment start date on...

Hardisty v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits
In an appeal from the Social Security Commission's denial of supplemental security income benefits to plaintiff, the district court's denial of...