United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Maciel v. Cates

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
The district court properly denied a habeas corpus petition challenging a parole term and sex-offender registration requirement imposed under...

Tobar v. US

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Admiralty
Dismissal of an action brought by plaintiffs, a crew of an Ecuadorian fishing boat that was searched and towed by the U.S. Coast Guard, is: 1) vacated...

McMaster v. US

Administrative Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff claim holder's action to quiet fee-simple title to the Oro Grande mining claim and its improvements is affirmed, where: 1) the...

Heinemann v. Satterberg

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Summary judgment for defendant in an action brought by plaintiff, an airline passenger, against defendant, the Prosecuting Attorney for King County,...

Graves v. McEwen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
The district court properly denied a habeas corpus petition and the motion by appointed counsel to withdraw is granted, where: 1) counsel followed the...

Castle v. Eurofresh, Inc.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in an action brought by plaintiff-prisoner, alleging that defendants violated the Americans with Disabilities Act...

Romo v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Product Liability
The district court's order remanding this case, alleging injuries related to ingestion of propoxyphene, an ingredient found in the Darvocet and Darvon...

Smith v. Lopez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's conditional grant of a habeas corpus petition claiming that petitioner was denied his right to notice of the nature of the...

Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital v. Washington State Dept. of Health

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Health Law
Summary judgment for defendant that its Certificate of Need regulations, which provided that hospitals without on-site cardiac surgical facilities...

Varghese v. Uribe

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
The district court properly denied a habeas corpus petition challenging a murder conviction, where the state trial court’s compromise to have either a...