United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

UMG Recordings v. Shelter Capital Partners

Attorney's Fees, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In copyright infringement action against defendant, who operates a publicly accessible website that enables users to share videos with other users,...

US v. Alvirez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Conviction for assault resulting in serious bodily injury on an Indian reservation is vacated and remanded, where the district court: 1) abused its...

Mashiri v. Department of Education

Education Law, Immigration Law
District court properly denied immigrant petitioner's mandamus petition seeking to compel the defendant to issue him a Stafford Loan, where: 1) The...

Mamigonian v. Biggs

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
The district court properly dismissed petitioner's immigration petition for lack of jurisdiction, where: 1) the REAL ID Act eliminated district court...

Knight v. Ahlin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The Younger abstention doctrine does not apply to defendant's habeas corpus petition challenging his detention pending a civil commitment proceeding...

United Transportation Union v. BNSF Railway Company

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
District court erred in denying plaintiff's petition for review of two Public Law Boards arbitration decisions concerning a dispute regarding a...

Shell Offshore, Inc. v. Greenpeace, Inc.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
Preliminary injunction prohibiting defendant from coming within a specified distance of vessels involved in plaintiff's Arctic Outer Continental Shelf...

US v. Hayat

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Convictions for providing material support to terrorists, by attending a terrorist training camp in Pakistan and returning to this country to await...

Gilstrap v. United Airlines, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
District court's dismissal of suit alleging causes of action under California state tort law and the Americans with Disabilities Act for defendant...

Sofa Entertainment, Inc. v. Dodger Productions, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
Summary judgment for defendants and award of attorneys' fees in copyright infringement suit was proper, where: 1) defendants' use of a seven-second...