United States Ninth Circuit - January 2014 Opinion Summaries

Republic of Ecuador v. MacKay

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
In actions involving claims of environmental damage allegedly caused by an oil consortium, two district courts' decisions ordering the production of...

Experience Hendrix, LLC v. HendrixLicensing.com

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Judgment for plaintiff, which owns trademarks that it uses to sell and license products related to deceased rock legend Jimi Hendrix, in an action...

Demers v. Austin

Constitutional Law, Education Law
Summary judgment for defendants in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 by a tenured associate university professor who alleged that...

Mills v. US

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's action seeking access to his state mining claims over real property owned by the federal government and third parties is: 1)...

Pickup v. Brown

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
California Senate Bill 1172, which bans state-licensed mental health providers from engaging in "sexual orientation change efforts" with patients...

Griffin v. Gomez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's orders enforcing its initial 2006 order releasing petitioner from the Security Housing Unit, is vacated and reversed, where: 1)...

Los Angeles Unified School District v. Garcia

Education Law
Pursuant to the Supreme Court of California's answer to a certified question, when a student between the ages of 18 and 22 who is eligible for special...

Chavez-Reyes v. Holder

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
A petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) decision finding petitioner removable because there was reason to believe that he...

MediVas, LLC v. Marubeni Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
An appeal from an order compelling arbitration is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where: 1) the district court neither explicitly dismissed nor...

US v. Shill

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction and sentence for online enticement of a female minor to engage in sexual activity for which he could be charged with a criminal...