United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Major

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
In consolidated appeals from convictions under 18 USC section 1951 for conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery and under 18 USC section 924...

US v. Rodrigues

Criminal Law & Procedure, White Collar Crime
Convictions for theft of honest services, money laundering, and health care fraud are affirmed, even though the jury was not instructed on the...

Bagdasarian Productions, LLC v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Entertainment Law
In a contract dispute between a movie studio and the owners of Alvin and the Chipmunks, the plaintiffs' interlocutory appeal of a district court order...

In re Kekauoha-Alisa

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The bankruptcy court's avoidance of a foreclosure sale is affirmed, where the lack of adequate public announcement that the foreclosure sale had been...

US v. Nguyen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections, Evidence
In a prosecution for obstruction of justice for the defendant's failure to disclose the full extent of his knowledge regarding the mailing of a letter...

Peng v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In removal proceedings against a Chinese lawful permanent who was convicted at trial of a crime of moral turpitude before IIRAIRA, a petition for...

Emeldi v. University of Oregon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a suit alleging that a university prevented the plaintiff from completing a Ph.D. program in retaliation for having complained of gender-based...

Taproot Administrative Services, Inc. v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
In a corporation's challenge to a notice of deficiency issued by the IRS, the Tax Court's grant of a motion for summary judgment to the IRS is...

R & R Sails, Inc. v. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Insurance Law, Sanctions
In a suit that included a claim of tortious bad faith denial of an insurance claim, the district court's judgment in favor of the insurer on that...

Benson v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit by a group of investors defrauded by the "Millennium Ponzi scheme," seeking recourse against a successor bank for the predecessor's aiding...