United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Barajas-Romero v. Lynch

Immigration Law, Administrative Law
In a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial of petitioner's withholding of removal claim, the petition is granted where...

State of Missouri ex rel. Koster v. Harris

Health Law, Agriculture, Government Law
In a suit filed six states seeking to block enforcement of California laws and regulations prescribing standards for the conditions under which...

Schwern v. Plunkett

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a case to resolve the lingering uncertainty about the Court's jurisdiction to hear immediate appeals from denials of Oregon anti-SLAPP (strategic...

US v. Rivera-Ruperto

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case arising out of a large-scale FBI investigation known as 'Operation Guard Shack,' in which the FBI, in an effort to root out police...

Okafor v. US

Asset Forfeiture
In an action arising out of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents' seizure of $99,500 from claimant's carry-on bag at San Francisco...

Kum Tat, Ltd. v. Linden Ox Pasture, LLC

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Contracts
In an interlocutory appeal of the district court's denying plaintiff's motion to compel arbitration of a claim against defendant, the appeal is...

Ames v. King County

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action in which plaintiff alleged, among other things, that deputies violated her Fourth Amendment rights by using...

Mashiri v. Epsten Grinnell & Howell

Debt Collection
In an action alleging a law firm committed unlawful debt collection practices in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15...

Gardner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Tax Law
In a petition for redetermination of federal income tax deficiencies that challenged the taxability of alleged maintenance payments received by...

Pepper v. Apple Inc.

Constitutional Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation
In an an antitrust complaint alleging that Apple monopolized and attempted to monopolize the market for iPhone apps, the district court's dismissal...