United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Fenenbock v. Director of Corrections for California

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for habeas corpus is affirmed, where: 1) the petitioner was not improperly denied pretrial access to a witness, as the record...

US v. Romo-Chavez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution of a Mexican national for drug possession and importation offenses, conviction is affirmed, where: 1) the district court did not err...

US v. Carpenter

Criminal Law & Procedure
A conviction on five counts relating to child pornography is affirmed, where: 1) the district court did not err in not holding a hearing on whether...

Jimenez v. Franklin

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In a case in which three of four defendants who were held jointly and severally liable for attorney's fees in a 42 USC section 1983 suit paid less...

Alday v. Raytheon Co.

Class Actions, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Sanctions
In a class action by retired employees under section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act and section 502 of ERISA: 1) summary judgment to the...

James v. City of Costa Mesa

Civil Rights, Health Law
In a case in which the plaintiffs alleged that two cities, by interfering with their access to the medical marijuana they use to manage their...

Pom Wonderful LLC v. The Coca-Cola Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, False Advertising
In a suit by a juice maker alleging Lanham Act violations and asserting state-law unfair competition and false advertising claims, the district...

Rodgers v. Marshall

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's denial of a petition for habeas corpus is reversed and the case remanded, where: 1) the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to...

US v. Cervantes

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a case in which police surveilled the defendant's car, stopped him for a traffic violation, and impounded and searched the car without a warrant,...

Lopez v. Brewer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 asserting that Arizona's lethal injection protocol violated the Eighth Amendment, the district court's denial...