United States Ninth Circuit - February 2014 Opinion Summaries

Airs Aromatics v. Victoria's Secret Store Brand Management, Inc.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Dismissal of a trademark cancellation claim under section 37 of the Lanham Act is affirmed, where: 1) the trademark cancellation claim under Section...

US v. Yazzie

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendants' convictions for aggravated sexual abuse of a minor are affirmed, where: 1) the district court did not violate defendants' Sixth Amendment...

Dariano v. Morgan Hill Unified School District

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a civil rights suit brought by plaintiff-high school students who were asked to remove clothing bearing images of the American flag after school...

Garcia v. Google, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
The district court's denial of a preliminary injunction requiring the removal from YouTube.com of an anti-Islamic film that used a performance that...

Tadevosyan v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
A petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial of his motion to reopen his removal proceedings after he married a United...

Ayala v. Wong

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court’s denial of a habeas corpus petition challenging petitioner's conviction and capital sentence for murder and robbery, based on a...

Escriba v. Foster Poultry Farms, Inc.

Labor & Employment Law
Judgment in favor of defendant in an action brought by plaintiff under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the California Family Rights Act...

Sheehan v. City and County of San Francisco

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-county in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act alleging...

Stout v. FreeScore, LLC

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law
Dismissal of a putative class action brought under the Credit Repair Organizations Act is reversed and remanded, where defendant was a "credit repair...

Lilly v. ConAgra Foods, Inc.

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
Dismissal of plaintiff's putative class action raising California state law claims and challenging the labeling of defendant's sunflower seed packages...