United States Ninth Circuit - October 2010 Opinion Summaries

Smith v. Mitchell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
In a prosecution for assault on a child resulting in death, on remand from the Supreme Court for reconsideration, the court of appeals reinstates its...

US v. Krane

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Tax Law, White Collar Crime
In intervenor's appeal from the district court's order compelling intervenor's former counsel to comply with a pretrial subpoena duces tecum issued in...

Global NAPs Cal., Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Cal.

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Public Utilities
In a petition for review of the California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC) order requiring it to pay Cox California Telcom, LLC in accordance...

Valadez-Munoz v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) dismissal of petitioner's appeal from the Immigration Judge's (IJ) order of...

DSPT Int'l., Inc. v. Nahum

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In an action for "cybersquatting" and trademark infringement in violation of the Lanham Act, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) although...

Mendoza v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of an order removing petitioner from the U.S., the petition is denied where petitioner's offense of robbery under California...

Muniz v. Amec Const. Mgmt., Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging defendant insurance company's termination of plaintiff's disability benefits, judgment for defendant is affirmed where...

Bauer v. MRAG Americas, Inc.

Admiralty, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by a fisheries observer aboard a fishing boat who was injured by a cable on the vessel that snapped and hit her, the dismissal of the...

US v. Vela

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
In a prosecution for assault on a federal officer, the jury's verdict finding defendant not guilty by reason of insanity is affirmed where: 1)...

McNeal v. Adams

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a child molestation prosecution, the denial of petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where: 1) the state-court findings that...