United States Ninth Circuit - January 2018 Opinion Summaries

Fields v. Twitter, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Affirming the dismissal of a suit against Twitter alleging that they provided material support to ISIS because the plaintiffs failed to adequately...

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme v. First Solar Incorporated

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
Affirming the District Court's denial in part of a defendant motion for summary judgment in an action under the Securities Exchange Act because the...

US v. Rodriguez

Evidence, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Reversing a conviction for transporting an illegal alien for financial gain, rejecting the government's contention that the defendant failed to...

Eat Right Foods Ltd. v. Whole Foods Market, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Vacating the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendant, Whole Foods, in a trademark infringement case, affirming the denial of...

Solorio-Ruiz v. Sessions

Immigration Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Granting a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision holding that a California carjacking conviction was not a crime of...

C.J.L.G. v. Sessions

Immigration Law, Constitutional Law
Denying a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals holding that neither the Due Process Clause nor the Immigration and Nationality Act...

Eagle Point Education Associations v. Jackson County School District No. 9

Constitutional Law, Attorney's Fees
Affirming the district court's summary judgment and attorney fees awards to the plaintiffs in an action challenging public school policies that...

Hamamoto v. Ige

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
Affirming the district court's dismissal of the plaintiff's complaint that the temporary appointment of the then-Lieutenant governor as the US senator...

In the Matter of Transwest Resort Properties, Inc.

Debt Collection, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Affirming the district court's affirmation of a bankruptcy court's order approving a Chapter 11 cramdown reorganization plan of five related debtors.

Demaree v. Pederson

Family Law, Constitutional Law
Affirming a district court order denying the plaintiff's motion to seal the district court's summary judgment order, reversing the grant of summary...