United States Ninth Circuit - October 2016 Opinion Summaries

Natural Resources Defense Council v. County of Los Angeles

Water Law, Environmental Law
In an action alleging that the County defendants were discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the terms of their National Pollutant Discharge...

Feldman v. Arizona Sec'y of State's Office

Constitutional Law, Elections
In a suit challenging Arizona House Bill 2023 (H.B. 2023), which precludes individuals who do not fall into one of several exceptions (e.g., election...

Bundy v. U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Judges & Judiciary
In a petition for a writ of mandamus to force the district court to admit an attorney it had previously denied admission pro hac vice in the...

Spokane Law Enforcement Credit Union v. Barker

Bankruptcy Law
In a Chapter 13 proceeding, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's decision to disallow a creditor’s late-filed claims...

Shepard v. Quillen

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a California state prisoner's section 1983 action alleging that he was transferred to administrative segregation in retaliation for reporting that...

Schueneman v. Arena Pharms., Inc.

Class Actions, Securities Law, Drugs & Biotech
In a putative securities class action in connection with defendants' public statements about their weight-loss drug, lorcaserin, the District Court's...

Rollins v. Community Hosp. of San Bernadino

Labor & Employment Law
In a claim under section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, arising out of a reduction in workforce, the District Court’s grant of summary...

Alaska Oil and Gas Ass'n v. Pritzker

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an action challenging federal officials' listing decision under the Endangered Species Act, concerning certain 'sea ice seal' species, the district...

Tellez v Lynch

Immigration Law
In a petition for review from the Department of Homeland Security's reinstatement of a Mexican citizen's expedited removal order on the ground that...

SunEarth, Inc. v. Sun Earth Solar Power Co., Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Attorney's Fees
The en banc court held that following Octane Fitness, LLC v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 1749 (2014), district courts analyzing a request...