United States Ninth Circuit - September 2010 Opinion Summaries

Quan v. Computer Sci. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a class action pursuant to ERISA by participants in an employer's 401(k) plan against named and de facto fiduciaries of the plan, claiming...

Kirk v. Carpeneti

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a challenge to Alaska's merit selection system, brought by a group of individuals seeking to establish the principle that all participants in the...

US v. Webster

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute over 500 grams of...

Bailey v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by the decedent's widow and children claiming the government was negligent in the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to place warning signs...

Polimaster Ltd. v. RAE Sys., Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In plaintiffs' appeal from the district court's confirmation of an arbitration award against them and in favor of defendants, the order is reversed...

US v. Briggs

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendant's convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine and conspiracy to possess a firearm in...

Wang v. Chinese Daily News, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In an action brought against a Chinese-language newspaper by some of its California-based employees under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...

US v. Mayweather

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendant's conviction and sentence for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime are affirmed where there was a fundamental and...

Sullivan v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging improper denial of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) benefits, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where plaintiff was...

Bateman v. Am. Multi-Cinema, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Entertainment Law
In a Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) case alleging that defendant movie theater chain violated FACTA by printing more than the last...