United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

In re: Rigel Pharm., Inc. Securities Litigation

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, Securities Law
In plaintiff's suit for securities fraud individually and on behalf of all other persons who purchased or otherwise acquired a pharmaceutical...

Frankl v. HTH Corp.

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a long-running labor dispute between a hotel corporation and a union, the district court's grant of a preliminary injunction against the...

Acosta v. City of Costa Mesa

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In plaintiff's suit against a city and various city officials, challenging the constitutionality of an ordinance that makes it a misdemeanor for...

Lavan v. City of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a suit against the City of Los Angeles (City) brought by homeless individuals, claiming that the City violated their Fourth and Fourteenth...

Wood v. Beauclair

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an inmate's civil rights suit alleging constitutional violations of the First, Fourth, and Eighth Amendments, claiming that a female prison guard...

Sanchez-Avalos v. Holder

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
A Mexican citizen's petition for review of a BIA's decision that he is not eligible for waiver of inadmissability because he was convicted of an...

Price v. Stevedoring Services of Am., Inc.

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a longshoreman's petition for review of the Benefits Review Board's (Board) decision, challenging the maximum rate of compensation, the rate of...

Autotel v. Nevada Bell Tel. Co.

Communications Law, Government Law
In a dispute between two telecommunications carriers over failed efforts to negotiate an interconnection agreement, judgment of the district court in...

Corpuz v. Holder

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Immigration Law
A Philippine citizen's petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) decision declaring him ineligible for relief under former...

U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. v. Parts Geek, LLC

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a copyright infringement suit, of certain e-commerce software, district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants is reversed in...