United States Ninth Circuit - September 2018 Opinion Summaries
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Skidmore v. Led ZeppelinUnited States Ninth Circuit
Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Granted a new trial in a copyright case involving a claim that Led Zeppelin copied key portions of its hit Stairway to Heaven from a song written by a...
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09/28/2018 | 16-56057 |
American Freedom Defense Initiative v. King CountyUnited States Ninth Circuit
Transportation, Constitutional Law
Held that metropolitan transit officials did not have a legitimate reason for rejecting a proposed advertisement concerning global terrorism for...
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09/27/2018 | 17-35897 |
American Airlines, Inc. v. MawhinneyUnited States Ninth Circuit
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Held that a former airline employee would have to arbitrate his whistleblower retaliation claim brought against the airline under the Wendell H. Ford...
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09/26/2018 | 16-56638 |
SEC v. SchoolerUnited States Ninth Circuit
Securities Law
Held that a financial planner violated federal securities law by defrauding his investors, and that certain general partnership interests he sold...
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09/26/2018 | 16-55167 |
Fidelitad, Inc. v. Insitu, Inc.United States Ninth Circuit
Civil Procedure
Held that the proper forum for a reseller's claims against a manufacturer of aerial military and civilian drones was state court. The manufacturer had...
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09/25/2018 | 17-35162 |
O'Connor v. Uber Technologies, Inc.United States Ninth Circuit
Labor & Employment Law, Transportation, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Held that the ride-sharing service Uber was entitled to compel arbitration of multiple consolidated lawsuits brought by Uber drivers who alleged that...
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09/25/2018 | 14-16078 |
Myers v. SessionsUnited States Ninth Circuit
Immigration Law
Held that the Board of Immigration Appeals erred in finding that an alien had not lived in the U.S. long enough to be eligible for cancellation of...
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09/25/2018 | 17-71416 |
Rubin v. USUnited States Ninth Circuit
Tax Law
Revived a taxpayer's claims for a refund for certain past tax years, concluding that he satisfied the requirement that the shareholder of an S...
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09/24/2018 | 16-56633 |
Tin Cup, LLC v. US Army Corps of EngineersUnited States Ninth Circuit
Environmental Law, Water Law
Affirmed summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a lawsuit brought by a private company challenging the Corps' decision...
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09/21/2018 | 17-35889 |
Fikre v. FBIUnited States Ninth Circuit
Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Transportation
Held that a plaintiff could proceed with his claim that the Federal Bureau of Investigation violated his due process rights by placing him on the No...
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09/20/2018 | 16-36072 |