United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Cohen v. City of Culver City

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-city in an action alleging violations of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and various...

Sinibaldi v. Redbox Automated Retail, LLC

Entertainment Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
Dismissal of a putative class action alleging that defendant violated California's Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 is affirmed, where: 1) alleged...

US v. Spear

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's knowing and voluntary waiver of the right to appeal his sentence did not extend to the appeal of his conviction for distributing...

Parsons v. Ryan

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Health Law
The district court's order certifying a class and a subclass of inmates in Arizona's prison system who alleged that they were subjected to systemic...

Burton v. Infinity Capital Management

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Judges & Judiciary
An attorney who prepares an order to show cause for a judge is not entitled to quasi-judicial immunity on a claim of violation of the automatic stay...

US v. Osinger

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Cyberspace Law
Defendant's conviction and sentence for stalking in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 2261A is affirmed, where: 1) because section 2261A proscribes...

Rosales-Martinez v. Palmer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Dismissal of an action for damages under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that plaintiff was unlawfully convicted and imprisoned as a result of...

Laguna v. Coverall North America, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
The district court's approval of a proposed class action settlement agreement, and the award of attorneys' fees to the attorneys for the proposed...

Inhale, Inc. v. Starbuzz Tobacco, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Summary judgment and award of attorneys' fees in favor of the defendant in an action under the Copyright Act is affirmed, where: 1) the shape of a...

Planned Parenthood Arizona v. Humble

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action seeking to enjoin enforcement of an Arizona statute and its implementing regulation, which restrict the manner in which certain...