United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Thornton v. Brown

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Dismissal of a civil rights action involving a constitutional challenge to the imposition and enforcement of two conditions of plaintiff’s parole: a...

Nakano v. US

Bankruptcy Law, Tax Law, Transportation
Summary judgment in favor of the government in a tax refund action after the Internal Revenue Service assessed unpaid excise taxes against plaintiff...

USACM Liquidating Trust v. Deloitte & Touche

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Summary judgment in favor of defendant, the debtor's former outside auditor, on claims brought by plaintiff, a bankruptcy litigation trust, alleging...

US v. Gonzalez-Monterroso

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The district court's determination that defendant's prior Delaware conviction for attempted rape in the fourth degree was a "crime of violence"...

Frudden v. Pilling

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
Dismissal of an action which alleged, among other things, that a public elementary school's mandatory uniform policy violated the First Amendment, is...

Retired Employees Association of Orange County, Inc. v. County of Orange

Contracts, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-count in an action brought by the plaintiff alleging that its retired employee members had an implied vested...

Reese v. Malone

Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Oil and Gas Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of a complaint under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 by BP shareholders alleging that the company knowingly, or with...

Peruta v. County of San Diego

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-county on plaintiffs' challenge to the denial of their application for a concealed-carry permit because they...

Vosgien v. Persson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of an untimely habeas corpus petition claiming actual innocence as to some of the counts of petitioner's conviction is: 1) reversed in part...

Garcia-Milian v. Holder

Immigration Law
A petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision denying asylum and withholding of removal to petitioner is denied, where: 1) the...