United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Carpenters Pension Trust Fund v. Moxley

Bankruptcy Law, Construction, ERISA
The bankruptcy court and district court correctly concluded that the construction industry contractor's "withdrawal liability" to a pension fund under...

Hildes v. Arthur Andersen LLP

Securities Law
The dismissal of a securities fraud action is reversed and remanded, where: 1) the district court erred by denying plaintiff leave to amend his...

Griffin v. Harrington

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's grant of a 28 U.S.C. section 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging a murder conviction based on ineffective assistance of counsel...

Stapley v. Pestalozi

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, alleging defendants initiated a frivolous RICO suit against plaintiff to harass him as part of an ongoing...

US v. Grant

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Revocation of probation and sentence imposed upon revocation are affirmed where the district court had jurisdiction to revoke defendant's probation...

US v. Edwards

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence is vacated and remanded for resentencing without any enhancement for a prior "crime of violence" conviction where the district court's...

Alaska Wilderness League v. US Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Law
Petition for review of an EPA decision, denying a challenge to a Clean Air permit that allowed Shell Offshore Inc. to conduct "pollutant emitting...

Blantz v. California Dept. of Corr. and Rehab.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law, alleging plaintiff was terminated without explanation from her independent contractor...

A.D. v. State of Hawaii Dept. of Educ.

Education Law
In an action by a student with an existing special education placement under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the "stay put"...