United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Cabrera-Perez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
The district court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss an indictment charging attempted entry after deportation is affirmed, where: 1) the...

Wolfson v. Concannon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Judges & Judiciary
In an action brought by plaintiff, an unsuccessful candidate for judicial office in Arizona, challenging several provisions of the Arizona Code of...

Horne v. US Dept. of Agriculture

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Following a reversal and remand from the United States Supreme Court, the district court's summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Secretary of...

League of Wilderness Defenders/Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. Connaughton

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
The district court's denial of a motion to preliminarily enjoin the Snow Basin logging project in Oregon is: 1) reversed in part and remanded for...

United Transportation Union v. Foxx

Administrative Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
A petition for review of a decision of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) that it lacked jurisdiction to decide whether the Union Pacific...

Garcia v. PacifiCare of California, Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-health insurer in an action under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act, is affirmed, defendant's...

Graf v. Zynga Game Network, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In consolidated cases, the district court's dismissal of claims for violations of the Wiretap Act and the Stored Communications Act, two chapters...

Eclectic Properties East, LLC v. Marcus and Millichap Co.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The dismissal of an action under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiffs did not plead...

Orpiada v. McDaniel

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's dismissal of an untimely habeas corpus petition is affirmed, where: 1) because Nevada has rejected the prison mailbox rule for...

Pirir-Boc v. Holder

Immigration Law
A petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against...