United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Dreyer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Military Law
Defendant was convicted of distributing child pornography and of possessing child pornography. Denial of defendant's motion to suppress is reversed...

In re: Snowden

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Remedies
District court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's judgment awarding a chapter 7 debtor damage and attorneys' fees is: 1) affirmed in part as to...

Loos v. Immersion Corp.

Class Actions, Securities Law
In this securities fraud class action, dismissal for failure to state a claim is affirmed, where: 1) the announcement of an investigation, standing...

MEIC v. Stone-Manning

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In this citizen suit alleging that defendant-Director would violate duties imposed by the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act by approving a...

McMonagle v. Meyer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Order dismissing petitioner's habeas petition as untimely is reversed and remanded, where, in the context of California misdemeanants who are required...

Rudin v. Myles

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Order dismissing petitioner's habeas petition as untimely is affirmed, where petitioner is not entitled to statutory or equitable tolling sufficient...

Castellanos v. Small

Habeas Corpus
Judgment denying an application for habeas corpus is reversed and remanded with instructions to grant the application, where: 1) the prosecutor's...

Tarabochia v. Adkins

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action brought by four commercial fishers alleging that they were illegally stopped, harassed, and their automobile searched by officers of the...

Kowack v. USFS

Administrative Law, Government Law
In this case involving a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to obtain records pertaining to a misconduct investigation, summary judgment in...

Dilts V. Penske Logistics, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
District court's dismissal, based on federal preemption, of claims brought by a certified class of drivers alleging violations of California's meal...