United States Ninth Circuit - May 2010 Opinion Summaries

Carver v. Holder

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action to enforce the EEOC's determination that the Department of Justice (DOJ) discriminated against plaintiff based on his age, claiming that...

US v. Blinkinsop

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for receiving child pornography is affirmed in part where: 1) the sentencing judge did not plainly err in carefully calculating...

US v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Res.

Indian Law, Water Law
In an appeal by Indian tribes of the district court's finding that they shared joint fishing rights with another tribe at the "Wenatshapam Fishery" on...

Harvey v. Brewer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections, Government Law
In actions challenging Arizona's felon disenfranchisement scheme, dismissal of the action is affirmed where the Fourteenth Amendment permits states to...

US v. Orozco-Acosta

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction and sentence for illegally re-entering the U.S. following removal are affirmed where: 1) any doubt arising from the possibility...

Segura v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order finding petitioner ineligible for relief under section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the...

World Wide Rush, LLC v. Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a First Amendment action to enjoin the enforcement of certain Los Angeles billboard regulations, summary judgment for plaintiffs is reversed where:...

Shroyer v. New Cingular Wireless Servs., Inc.

Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, M&A
In an action claiming that Cingular Wireless, after its merger with AT&T, disregarded its obligations under plaintiff's phone service contract...

James v. Rowlands

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action claiming that defendants violated plaintiff's substantive and procedural due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment by failing to...

Doyle v. Medford

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that a city's policy of denying health insurance coverage to retirees violated their due process rights, summary judgment for...