United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

SKLAR v. COMMN'R INTERNAL REVENUE

Constitutional Law, Tax Law
Because appellants did not show that their "dual payment" tuition payments are deductible under the Tax Code (section 170 of the Internal Revenue...

CATALANO v. COMM'R INTERNAL REVENUE

Bankruptcy Law, Tax Law
A court order granting relief from an automatic stay in bankruptcy, under 11 U.S.C. Section 554, does not by itself constitute a de facto abandonment...

US v. BYRNE

Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a quiet title action for land created by avulsion, the court's analysis should begin on the patent date of the land, and it should not consider...

SAN LAZARO ASS'N, INC. v. CONNELL

Attorney's Fees, Health Law
In a State Medicaid/Medi-Cal fraud action, even if a plaintiff's claim becomes moot due to its inelligiblilty to participate in the Medi-Cal program,...

THOMAS v. BARNHART

Labor & Employment Law
If an administrative law judge (ALJ) finds adequate a report for physical capacity regarding an applicant's disability, the ALJ is not required to...

US v. GEBORDE

Consumer Protection Law
A defendant who manufactured a designer drug and gave it away, free of charge, to a teenager who died from the drug, cannot be convicted with...

MOORE v. COMM'R SOC. SEC. ADMIN.

Labor & Employment Law
An employee's performance after the end of the period for which he is seeking disability benefits is not a "specific and legitimate" basis for an...

LITTLE v. WINDERMERE RELOCATION, INC.

Labor & Employment Law
Triable issues of fact exist in a claim of hostile work environment and retailation in violation of Title VII and Washington's Law Against...

US v. BUCKLAND

Criminal Law & Procedure
21 USC 841(b)(1)(A),(B), which increases the basic 20-year maximum sentence for trafficking in certain drugs, regardless of quantity, does not violate...

US v. FENG

Criminal Law & Procedure
Offering witnesses immigration benefits in return for cooperation does not violate the Federal Anti-Gratuity statute, 18 USC 201(c)(2).