United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

PEOPLE OF GUAM v. GUERRERO

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The Supreme Court of Guam may not interpret the Territory of Guam's "Bill of Rights", a federal statute, to allow greater religious freedom than that...

BLIND-DOAN v. SANDERS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
District court prejudiced plaintiff by failing to make a clear record supporting in limine exclusion of evidence sought to be offered on prior sexual...

PAGTALUNAN v. GALAZA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of a habeas petition with prejudice was proper based on appellant's waiting four months to file, court's need to manage its docket, and...

FREEMAN v. OAKLAND UNIFIED SCH. DIST.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Court did not have subject matter jurisdiction to hear race-based employment discrimination and retaliation claims where plaintiff failed to exhaust...

GERBER v. HICKMAN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Prisoner's claim that prison violated his constitutional rights by refusing to allow him to provide his wife with a sperm sample, so that she may be...

US v. ADAMSON

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In convictions for wire fraud and money laundering, court's erroneous evidentiary rulings violated defendant's constitutional confrontation rights by...

AMADEO v. PRINCIPAL MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Insurer's bad faith interpretation of "unemployed" status in a disability income insurance policy, and inadequate investigation into the insured's...

JIMENEZ-ANGELES v. ASHCROFT

Immigration Law
Appellant's deportation case is governed by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act's permanent rules (not its transitional...

GIBSON v. COUNTY OF WASHOE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
Summary judgment for county was improper where evidence showed its deliberate indifference to an arrestee's medical condition, through its policies...

U.S. FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF WALTON TECH., INC. v. WESTSTAR ENG'G, INC.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a subcontractor's claim against contractor for equipment rental fees, 1) an unjust enrichment claim under Washington law is improper where based on...