United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

WHELCHEL v. STATE OF WASHINGTON

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Introduction of co-defendants' tape-recorded confessions that also implicated defendant substantially violated defendant's 6th Amendment right to...

PRESTIGE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP v. EAST BAY CAR WASH PARTNERS

Bankruptcy Law
Creditor who waives a secured property interest by failing to foreclose on the property under California Civ. Proc. Code S 726(a), does not waive the...

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. INTERNATIONAL UNION

Labor & Employment Law
A successor employer forfeits its unilateral right to set initial terms of employment by announcing to the former employees of its unionized...

US v. COREY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Military Law
Federal courts have jurisdiction over criminal cases involving US citizens committed on overseas US installations under 18 USC 7(3).

TINOQUI-CHALOLA COUNCIL OF KITANEMUK v. U.S. DEPT OF ENERGY

Environmental Law
Defense Authorization Act of 1996, requiring the Department of Energy to sell the Elk Hills property in California within two years, does not require...

KATARIA v. INS

Immigration Law
Immigration judge's notice of inconsistencies in petitioner's asylum claim is not sufficient for an adverse credibility finding and thus, judge cannot...

CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, INC. v. INS

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Section 242(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by IIRIRA, 8 USCS 1252(g), does not limit a district court's jurisdiction to grant...

GRAVES v. MYRVANG

Bankruptcy Law
Section 523(a)(15) of the Bankruptcy Code allows a 5-year repayment plan for Chapter 13 petitions that are converted to Chapter 7 petitions.

SCALES v. INS

Family Law, Immigration Law
8 USC 1401 does not require a blood relationship between a person born outside the United States and his or her U.S. citizen parent.

HORIZON AIR v. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

Labor & Employment Law
National Mediation Board does not exceed its statutory authority by ordering a new unionization election by merely noting that management interference...