United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Ward v. Chavez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a case in which the sentencing court ordered the defendant to pay restitution to his crime victims, due and payable "immediately," the district...

Karl v. City of Mountlake Terrace

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by a former city employee under 42 USC section 1983, alleging retaliatory dismissal in violation of her First Amendment rights, the...

Veterans for Common Sense v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a suit brought by two nonprofit veterans organizations against the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Ninth Circuit en banc holds: 1) the district...

Crosby v. Schwartz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
The district court's denial of a petition for habeas corpus is affirmed, where holdings of the California Court of Appeal were neither contrary to,...

Nedds v. Calderon

The district court's order dismissing a federal habeas petition as untimely is vacated, because a habeas petitioner who decides when to file his...

Henry A. v. Willden

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Juvenile Law
In an action by foster children under 42 USC section 1983 against state and county officials, alleging violations of their substantive due process...

Estate of Morgens v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
In a case in which the IRS determined a deficiency based on the failure of an estate to include gift tax paid by the donee trustees of a Qualifying...

Beltran v. Astrue

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In a case in which a woman filed applications for both Social Security Disability Insurance benefits and Social Security Income benefits, and an ALJ...

Detrich v. Ryan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
A petition for habeas corpus on a penalty-phase ineffective assistance of counsel claim is granted, where: 1) the Arizona post-conviction court...

Padilla v. Yoo

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Military Law
In a suit by a man held as an enemy combatant and his mother against a deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of...