United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Stanley v. Chappell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Petitioner-prisoner's appeal from an order staying and holding in abeyance petitioner's federal habeas corpus proceeding is dismissed, where the Court...

US v. Orozco

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's convictions for manufacturing marijuana plants and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime are affirmed, where: 1) the district...

Sierra Club v. EPA

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
A petition for review of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to issue a Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permit, thereby allowing...

US v. JDT

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Juvenile Law
The district court's adjudication of juvenile delinquency on six counts of aggravated sexual abuse is: 1) affirmed in part, where the district court...

Southern California Darts Assn. v. Zaffina

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Summary judgment and issuance of a permanent injunction in favor of plaintiff in a trademark infringement action is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiff's...

K.C. v. Torlakson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Education Law, Civil Rights
The district court's denial of plaintiffs' motion for attorneys' fees for monitoring defendants' compliance with a settlement agreement in an action...

US v. Mageno

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine is reversed, where: 1) the prosecutors' several misstatements of fact during the...

Nordstrom v. Ryan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Dismissal of an action brought by plaintiff-state prisoner who alleged constitutional violations when prison officials read a confidential letter he...

Experience Hendrix, LLC v. HendrixLicensing.com

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Judgment for plaintiff, which owns trademarks that it uses to sell and license products related to deceased rock legend Jimi Hendrix, in an action...

Coons v. Lew

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Tax Law
The district court's judgment in favor of defendant-federal officials in an action alleging a facial constitutional challenge to two provisions of the...