United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Kelly

Criminal Law & Procedure, Military Law
In a prosecution of five peace and disarmament activists for crimes stemming from their cutting through two fences and into a secure area of a naval...

Minorty Television Project, Inc. v. Federal Communications Comm'n

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a challenge to federal statutory restrictions on certain types of advertising by public broadcast TV stations, the district court's grant of...

Brown v. Ahern

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's denial of a preconviction petition for habeas corpus on Speedy Trial grounds is affirmed, where: 1) Carden v. Montana, 626 F.2d...

Samper v. Providence St. Vincent Medical Center

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a neo-natal intensive care unit nurse's reasonable accommodation claim against her employer under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the district...

US v. Nosal

Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a prosecution that included counts for violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) for aiding and abetting employees in exceeding their...

Oklevueha Native American Church of Hawaii, Inc. v. Holder

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Indian Law
In a suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief barring the government from enforcing the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) against the plaintiffs,...

Moss v. US Secret Service

Elections, Government Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit stemming from a protest demonstration against President Bush during the 2004 presidential campaign: 1) the district court's ruling denying...

L.A. Printex Industries, Inc. v. Aeropostale, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a copyright infringement action by a fabric printing company against an apparel wholesaler and a mall-based retailer, the district court's summary...

US v. Wilbur

Commercial Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Indian Law, Tax Law
In a prosecution that resulted in convictions of four members of an Indian tribe for crimes arising from an eight-year period of trafficking...

Century Surety Co. v. Casino West, Inc.

Property Law & Real Estate, Gaming Law, Insurance Law
In a suit brought by an insurer seeking a judgment declaring that it had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured with respect to wrongful death...