United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Armani v. Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co.

Government Benefits, ERISA
In an action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, challenging a denial of benefits under a long term disability insurance policy, the...

Move, Inc. v. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an action seeking to vacate an arbitration award by a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) panel, the District Court's denial of the...

Fredrickson v. Starbucks Corp.

Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions, Tax Law
In a class action brought by three former baristas at Starbucks, challenging defendant's practice of withholding state and federal taxes from...

Feldman v. Arizona Secretary of State's Office

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections
In an elections action challenging Arizona's 'precinct rule,' which requires in-person voters to vote at the precinct polling station at which they're...

Natural Resources Defense Council v. County of Los Angeles

Water Law, Environmental Law
In an action alleging that the County defendants were discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the terms of their National Pollutant Discharge...

Feldman v. Arizona Sec'y of State's Office

Constitutional Law, Elections
In a suit challenging Arizona House Bill 2023 (H.B. 2023), which precludes individuals who do not fall into one of several exceptions (e.g., election...

Bundy v. U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Judges & Judiciary
In a petition for a writ of mandamus to force the district court to admit an attorney it had previously denied admission pro hac vice in the...

Spokane Law Enforcement Credit Union v. Barker

Bankruptcy Law
In a Chapter 13 proceeding, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's decision to disallow a creditor’s late-filed claims...

Shepard v. Quillen

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a California state prisoner's section 1983 action alleging that he was transferred to administrative segregation in retaliation for reporting that...

Schueneman v. Arena Pharms., Inc.

Class Actions, Securities Law, Drugs & Biotech
In a putative securities class action in connection with defendants' public statements about their weight-loss drug, lorcaserin, the District Court's...