United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Gale v. First Franklin Loan Services

Banking Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action alleging violations of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Nevada's covenant of good faith and fair dealing, the District Court's...

In re ATM Fee Antitrust Litigation

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking Law, Commercial Law
In a suit by automated teller machine (ATM) cardholders, who allege horizontal price fixing of fees paid to the ATM owners by the banks (issuing the...

Michelman v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Co.

Insurance Law
In a dispute arising out of a life insurance policy, the district court's grant of summary judgment and the orders denying plaintiff's motion to...

Nelson v. City of Davis

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a suit by a student who suffered permanent injury when he was shot in the eye by a pepperball projectile fired from the weapon of a U.C. Davis...

Rosa v. TASER International, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit against the manufacturer of electronic control devices, commonly referred to as "tasers," alleging a duty to warn that repeated exposure to...

Florez-Lopez v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing petitioner's appeal from an immigration judge’s decision...

Ackerman v. Eber

Bankruptcy Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an appeal turning on the tension between the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. sections 1 et seq. (FAA), and the US Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C....

Woods v. Carey

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case alleging deliberate indifference to prisoner-plaintiff's medical needs due to the improper denial of two grievance...

Back v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Health Law
In a suit alleging that Secretary of Health and Human Services violated her duties under the Medicare Act and the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause...

Annachamy v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying asylum and withholding of removal because petitioner provided...