United States Ninth Circuit - June 2011 Opinion Summaries

Barboza v. California Assn. of Professional Firefighters

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute concerning whether plaintifff's ERISA claim should have been deemed administratively exhuasted under 29 C.F.R. section 2560.503-1(l),...

US v. Snyder

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Sentencing of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. section 922(g)(1), is affirmed where district court properly held that...

Antonyan v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of an order of the BIA denying petitioner, a native and citizen of Armenia, asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT relief,...

National Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. South Coast Air Quality Management District

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
In a Clean Air Act dispute, 42 U.S.C. section 7409(a), arising from a charge that defendant, pursuant to Sections 7503(a)(1)(A) and 7503(c), deposited...

Reese v. BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Oil and Gas Law, Securities Law
In a private securities fraud action, judgment of the district court is reversed where the court improperly denied Rule 12(b)(6) relief because a...

Redevelopment Agency of the City of Stockton v. BNSF Railway Company

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute involving defendant-railroad company's liability for the contamination of adjoining property under California's Polanco Redevelopment...

US v. Chapman

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Remedies, Securities Law
In a dispute arising from the failed prosecution of defendants for securities and investment fraud, judgment of the district court denying defendants'...

Schleining v. Thomas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a habeas dispute involving the scope of the Federal Good Conduct Time (GCT), 18 U.S.C. section 3624(b)(1), judgment of the district court denying...

Pagayon v. Holder

Administrative Law, Evidence, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals directing petitioner's removal, petition is denied where order was properly...

J.J. Re-Bar Corp., Inc. V. US

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
In a bankruptcy dispute involving the scope of the Anti-Injunction Act, 26 U.S.C. section 7421(a), judgment of the district court is affirmed where...