United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Tompkins v. 23andMe, Inc.

Class Actions, Cyberspace Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law
In an arbitration action, arising from a class action filed after defendant claimed that its online genetic testing service could help customers...

Ortega-Lopez v. Lynch

Immigration Law
In an immigration action, challenging the Board of Immigration Appeals' published decision that a misdemeanor conviction for cockfighting is a...

American Hotel and Lodging Ass'n v. City of Los Angeles

Labor & Employment Law, Commercial Law
In a labor and employment action, challenging defendant's Citywide Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance, the district court's denial of plaintiffs'...

Morris v. Ernst & Young

Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a dispute resolution and arbitration action, arising from a bar on concerted legal claims contained in the employment contracts of defendant Ernst...

In re Del Biaggio III

Commercial Law, Sports Law, Bankruptcy Law
In a bankruptcy action, arising from a dispute between owners of the National Hockey League's Nashville Predators, and involving a general unsecured...

Bibiano v. Lynch

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In an immigration action, arising after an earlier in absentia removal order was issued for petitioner in California before her removal proceedings...

Friedman v. Live Nation Merchandise, Inc.

Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In a copyright action, arising from defendant's infringement of plaintiff's photos of the hip hop group Run-DMC for use on t-shirts and a calendar,...

Polo v. Innoventions Int'l LLC

Health Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In a civil procedure appeal, arising after plaintiff's putative class action against defendant for false advertising in the sale DiabeStevia was...

US v. Harmon

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Ethics & Disciplinary Code
Convictions against defendant, an attorney convicted of money laundering while representing a client charged with receiving stolen property, are...

Reyes v. Lewis

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus relief, alleging that petitioner's state-court conviction rested on a confession obtained in violation...