United States Ninth Circuit - December 2010 Opinion Summaries

Cabaccang v. US Citizenship & Imm. Servs.

Immigration Law
In an action challenging the denial of plaintiffs' applications for adjustment of immigration status, summary judgment for defendants is vacated where...

US v. Luong

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendants' sentences for use of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime are affirmed where: 1) defendants were not challenging their sentences...

The Lands Council v. McNair

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an action challenging the United States Forest Service’s (Forest Service) decision to thin 277 acres of old-growth forest in the Mission Brush...

Rezner v. Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank AG

Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
In an action alleging that defendant engaged in a scheme to defraud the U.S. of tax revenue through fraudulent tax shelters that caused injury to...

Greensprings Baptist Christian Fellowship Trust v. Cilley

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for malicious prosecution, plaintiffs' appeal from the dismissal of their suit under the California anti-SLAPP statute is dismissed where...

US v. Valverde

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, the dismissal of the indictment is affirmed where the Attorney General’s...

Patton v. Target Corp.

Civil Procedure
The district court's dismissal of an action with prejudice following a settlement is affirmed where the district court correctly concluded that Or....

Munoz v. Mabus

Civil Rights, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a breach of contract and employment discrimination action claiming that a Title VII predetermination settlement agreement required the Navy to...

McCullough v. Kane

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Following petitioner's murder conviction, the grant of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where the Governor of California's reversal of...

Greater Yellowstone Coalition v. Lewis

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an action claiming that the expansion of a mine would violate the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act (CWA), and the National...