United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Addington v. US Airlines Pilots Association

Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a labor dispute over the pilot seniority list of two airlines that merged in 2005, the district court's judgment is: 1) reversed as to the...

Chess v. Dovey

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 by a California state prisoner who alleged that he was denied constitutionally adequate medical care...

Bear Valley Mutual Water Co. v. Jewell

Environmental Law
In an action brought by plaintiff municipalities and water districts challenging a 2010 Final Rule designating areas for the threatened Santa Ana...

Kaady v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co.

Construction, Insurance Law
In a case exploring the meaning of a "known-loss" provision in a commercial general liability insurance contract, brought by a mason-subcontractor...

US v. Rodriguez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence and conviction for attempting to interfere with the safe operation of an aircraft, 18 U.S.C. section 32(a)(5) and (8), and aiming a laser...

Assoc. of Irritated Residents v. US Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Law
In a petition for review of the EPA's promulgation of 40 C.F.R. section 52.245 under section 110(k)(6) of the Clean Air Act, an error-correcting...

Robinson v. Jewell

Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case brought by the Kawaiisu, a non-federally recognized Native American group, asserting title to the Tejon Ranch, one of the largest continuous...

WildEarth Guardians v. US Forest Service

Environmental Law
In an action challenging the United States Forest Service's decision to designate over two million acres of public land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge...

Mitchell v. US

Denial of 28 U.S.C. section 2255 petition for habeas corpus relief from death sentence for conviction under the Major Crimes Act of first degree...

Benko v. Quality Loan Serv. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a diversity class action alleging defendants engaged in illegal debt collection practices in the course of carrying out non-judicial foreclosures,...