United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Davis v. HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
In a plaintiff's putative class action suit against HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A. and Best Buy Stores, L.P., claiming that defendants defrauded California...

US v. Guerrero

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a conviction for murdering a correctional officer, defendant's interlocutory appeal of the district court's order denying his motion to seal his...

In re: Cesar Ivan Flores

Bankruptcy Law
In Chapter 13 proceedings, the bankruptcy court's order sustaining the trustee's proposed plan of reorganization with a duration of 60 months, rather...

Milton H. Greene Archives, Inc. v. Marilyn Monroe LLC

Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In plaintiffs' suit claiming ownership of Marilyn Monroe's right of publicity and alleging that defendant was violating their rights by using the...

US v. Vasquez-Cruz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Immigration Law
In a conviction of defendant for illegal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. section 1326(a), district court's imposition of a prison term of 24 months...

Lacey v. Maricopa County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a section 1983 suit against government officials in the county sheriff's office and the county attorney's office, by owners of a local newspaper,...

Ayala v. Wong

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief from his murder and robbery-related convictions and a sentence of death, is reversed...

Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Sanctions
In an action for copyright infringement, unjust enrichment and accounting against a major Hollywood studio and others, claiming that defendants...

William Jefferson & Co., Inc. v. Bd. of Assessment & Appeals

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In a suit challenging a county tax assessor's valuation of a parcel of real property, district court's judgment that the state administrative appeal...

Stancle v. Clay

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief from his convictions for continuous sexual abuse of a child and committing a lewd act...