United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Valdes-Vega

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a conviction of defendant for drug possession with intent to distribute, district court's denial of a motion to suppress cocaine found in...

In re Midland Ins. Life Ins. Co Annuity Sales Practices Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
District court's order denying an intervenor's motion to unseal judicial records in an underlying class action cases involving claims for RICO...

Headley v. Church of Scientology Int'l

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a suit by two former ministers against the Church of Scientology claiming they were forced to provide labor in violation of the Trafficking Victims...

Pacific Ship Repair & Fabrication Inc. v. Benge

Admiralty, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A petition brought by a maritime employer challenging the decision of the Department of Labor's Benefits Review Board absolving the Office of the...

Haynes v. City and County of San Francisco

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
District court's imposition of sanctions on the plaintiff's counsel of over $360,000, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1927, after determining that the...

US v. Olivia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a conviction of defendant for various crimes related to drug trafficking conspiracy, district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress...

US v. Rangel

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a conviction of defendant for mail fraud and money laundering, district court's imposition of a prison sentence longer than the one proposed by the...

Anchorage Sch. Dist. v. M.P.

Education Law, Government Law
District court's decision that a school district did not deny plaintiff a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) based on a finding that the...

Baughman v. Walt Disney World Co.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In plaintiff's suit against Disney under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), claiming that Disney denied her full and equal access to the theme...

Runningeagle v. Ryan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
District court's denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus of a defendant, convicted for murder and sentenced to death, is affirmed where: 1)...