United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Drew v. Equifax Info. Serv., LLC

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law
In plaintiff's suit against Chase Bank and FIA Card Services, arising from a credit dispute caused by identify theft, district court's judgment is...

Al-Haramain Islamic Found., Inc. v. Obama

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Government Law
In a suit brought by an Islamic group against the United States Government, seeking to hold the Executive Branch responsible for intercepting...

US v. Golden Valley Elec., Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Public Utilities
District court's grant of the government's petition for an order enforcing a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) subpoena served on an energy...

US v. Bustamante

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's convictions for illegal reentry, making a false statement in a passport application, and making a false statement in an application for...

US v. Pineda-Moreno

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
On remand from the United States Supreme Court in light of its decision in U.S. v. Jones, district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress...

Matthews v. Nat'l Football League

Labor & Employment Law, Sports Law, Workers' Compensation
District court's judgment denying a former professional football player's motion to vacate an arbitration award, arising from a workers' compensation...

Jackson v. State of Nevada

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendant's convictions for various crimes including sexual assault with the use of a deadly weapon and first degree kidnapping, is reversed and...

Dickens v. Ryan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief from his felony murder convictions and sentence of death is affirmed in part,...

Hooper v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

Civil Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law
In plaintiff's qui tam suit under the False Claims Act (FCA), claiming that the defendant defrauded the United States Air Force under a contract...

Nijar v. Holder

Government Law, Immigration Law
A petition for review, by natives and citizens of India, of a removal order is granted, as the Department of Homeland Security does not have the...