United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Robins v. Spokeo, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's action alleging willful violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act is reversed and remanded, where: 1) plaintiff had Article...

Berger v. Home Depot USA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
Dismissal with prejudice of plaintiff's putative class-action claims against defendant, following the district court's denial of plaintiff's motion...

US v. Williams

Criminal Law & Procedure
The district court's order revoking defendant's supervised release is reversed and remanded, where a defendant's Alford plea to a state charge is...

Carter v. Caleb Brett LLC

Attorney's Fees
The district court's order awarding plaintiff attorneys' fees and costs is vacated and remanded for the district court to articulate the basis for its...

Republic of Ecuador v. MacKay

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
In actions involving claims of environmental damage allegedly caused by an oil consortium, two district courts' decisions ordering the production of...

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...

Demers v. Austin

Constitutional Law, Education Law
Summary judgment for defendants in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 by a tenured associate university professor who alleged that...

Mills v. US

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's action seeking access to his state mining claims over real property owned by the federal government and third parties is: 1)...

Pickup v. Brown

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
California Senate Bill 1172, which bans state-licensed mental health providers from engaging in "sexual orientation change efforts" with patients...

Griffin v. Gomez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's orders enforcing its initial 2006 order releasing petitioner from the Security Housing Unit, is vacated and reversed, where: 1)...