United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. JOLIBOIS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
When illegal conduct constitutes more than one offense, the USSG punishes that conduct with the most serious penalty available, thus where a drug...

CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INC. v. NAJD

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
A claim by an employee, under California's Fair Employment and Housing Act, may be subject to compulsory arbitration under the Federal Arbitration...

US v. SALGADO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Statements by an illegal alien, pertaining to birth and citizenship, made 1) to an INS agent while the alien was incarcerated on charges unrelated to...

ELLIS v. US DIST. COURT FOR THE W. DIST. OF WASHINGTON (USA)

Criminal Law & Procedure
Court's rejection of a charge bargain in a proposed plea agreement, which the court deemed inadequate to reflect the seriousness of the crime, was not...

BILLINGTON v. SMITH

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
A police officer was entitled to qualified immunity for shooting and killing a motorist, while the officer was off-duty and in an unmarked police car,...

US v. ERROL D.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Indian Law, Juvenile Law
The Indian Major Crimes Act does not give jurisdiction to the federal government to prosecute for crimes against government entities, thus a...

US v. HANNA

Criminal Law & Procedure
18 U.S.C. section 871(a), prohibiting threats against the President of the United States, is not unconstitutionally overbroad in the absence of a...

TRUESDELL v. S. CALIFORNIA PERMANENTE MED. GROUP

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
Sanctions for a meritless complaint were procedurally proper where plaintiff's counsel "technically and practically" had the requisite 21 day safe...

ALCAREZ-GARCIA v. ASHCROFT

Immigration Law
An individual who was present and working in the U.S. for nine months out of the year, for eight years, over a nine-year period, did establish...

HERNANDEZ-MEZQUITA v. ASHCROFT

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
The Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act's asylum-filing deadline, as a prerequisite for eligibility for special-rule cancellation of...