United States Ninth Circuit - December 2013 Opinion Summaries

Kennedy v. Colvin

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
The district court properly affirmed defendant-Commissioner's denial of plaintiff's application for supplemental security income benefits under the...

Alliance for Property Rights and Fiscal Responsibility v. City of Idaho Falls

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
Summary judgment for plaintiffs in an action brought by plaintiff-property owners who objected to defendant-city's efforts to condemn easements over...

Stormans Inc. v. Selecky

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Sanctions
In an action challenging Washington's rules that require pharmacies to maintain a representative assortment of drugs for which there is patient demand...

Li v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) did not err in denying petitioner asylum and related relief on adverse credibility grounds, where: 1) the BIA...

Wagner v. County of Maricopa

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit by the estate of a man whose death followed alleged mistreatment and the threat of further incarceration in a county jail, the judgment of...

Joffe v. Google, Inc.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law
The district court's order denying defendant's motion to dismiss claims that defendant violated the Wiretap Act when, in the course of capturing its...

Graham-Sult v. Clainos

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Probate, Trusts & Estates
Judgment in an action brought by the sons of the late concert promoter Bill Graham, alleging that they were entitled to pro rata distributions of...

Knapp v. Hogan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Plaintiff-prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 appeal is dismissed, where: 1) plaintiff was disqualified from proceeding in forma pauperis under the...

Alto v. Salazar

Administrative Law, Government Law, Indian Law
In an action concerning a dispute over membership in an Indian tribe, the district court's orders denying an intervening-tribe's motion to dissolve a...

Patel v. City of Los Angeles

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action challenging Los Angeles Municipal Code section 41.49, which authorized on-site inspections of hotel guest records by any police officer,...