United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Public Lands for the People, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric.

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought by a group of miners and prospectors challenging the Forest Service's decision to limit the use of motor vehicles to certain roads...

Sachs v. Republic of Austria

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In plaintiff's suit against the Republic of Austria, the Austrian national railway, and others, for personal injuries she sustained while attempting...

Holmes v. Merck & Co., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a wrongful death action against a manufacturer and distributor of a vaccine, arising out of the death of plaintiffs' infant son, the district...

Hall v. City of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a plaintiff's section 1983 suit against the City of Los Angeles and other individuals, arising from a false murder conviction based on documents...

Albino v. Baca

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an inmate's suit against prison officials and others, claiming constitutional violations related to his classification into the general population,...

Native Ecosystems Council v. Weldon

Environmental Law, Government Law
In a suit against the United States Forest Service, challenging its small fuels-reduction project in the National Forest in Montana, the judgment of...

Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Remedies
In an action against multiple oil, energy, and utility companies, alleging that massive greenhouse gas emissions emitted by the defendants have...

Keller Found. v. Tracy

Admiralty, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Benefits Review Board's (Board) determination that the injuries petitioner incurred in part during his employment were not covered under the...

US v. Anekwu

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Sentence and conviction of a defendant for mail fraud, wire fraud, and telemarketing fraud against the elderly, are affirmed where the district court...

Earth Island Inst. v. U.S. Forest Serv.

Environmental Law, Government Law
In an environmental groups' suit against the U.S. Forest Service over a restoration project in the Lake Tahoe area, the district court's decision in...