United States Ninth Circuit - September 2012 Opinion Summaries

Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola, Inc.

Judgement Enforcement, Patent, International Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
In an ongoing contract and patent litigation between Microsoft and Motorola, district court's grant of a preliminary injunction enjoining Motorola...

Cudjo v. Ayers

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief from his murder conviction is reversed and remanded where the United States Supreme...

Miles v. Martel

Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief on his ineffective assistance of counsel claim, alleging that his counsel advised him...

US v. HOS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law
In a conviction of a defendant for various crimes, district court's order revoking its prior determination that defendant was a juvenile based on a...

Osorio v. Mayorkas

Government Law, Immigration Law
In plaintiffs' appeal of the United States Citizen and Immigration Services' (USCIS) denial of their requests for priority date retention under the...

Public Lands for the People, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric.

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought by a group of miners and prospectors challenging the Forest Service's decision to limit the use of motor vehicles to certain roads...

Sachs v. Republic of Austria

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In plaintiff's suit against the Republic of Austria, the Austrian national railway, and others, for personal injuries she sustained while attempting...

Holmes v. Merck & Co., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a wrongful death action against a manufacturer and distributor of a vaccine, arising out of the death of plaintiffs' infant son, the district...

Hall v. City of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a plaintiff's section 1983 suit against the City of Los Angeles and other individuals, arising from a false murder conviction based on documents...

Albino v. Baca

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an inmate's suit against prison officials and others, claiming constitutional violations related to his classification into the general population,...