United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Coneff v. AT&T Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a putative class action against a mobile phone provider brought by residents of eight different states, the district court's denial of a motion to...

Skinner v. Northrop Grumman Retirement Plan B

ERISA, Remedies
In an ERISA suit, the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendants is affirmed, where: 1) reform of the terms of the plan's master...

Phillips v. Ornoski

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
The district court's denial of a habeas corpus petition to a prisoner sentenced to death is: 1) affirmed in part, where a) the district court did not...

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District v. Lee

Civil Procedure, Indian Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a co-owner and by the operator of a power plant on Navajo land for declaratory and injunctive relief against Navajo officials who...

Western Radio Services Co. v. Qwest Corp.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Public Utilities
In a case arising out of a dispute between a commercial mobile radio service and a local exchange carrier (LEC) over their interconnection agreement...

Sharrock v. US

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a suit against the United States on a theory of respondeat superior for the actions of an off-duty sailor who injured the plaintiffs on a naval...

Angle v. Miller

Constitutional Law, Elections
In a challenge to a Nevada statute that requires proponents of a ballot initiative to obtain the signatures of a number of registered voters equal to...

US v. Del Toro-Barboza

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Convictions and sentences for a couple charged with cash smuggling and not filing required reports about exporting money are affirmed, where: 1)...

Otay Land Co. v. United Enterprises Ltd.

Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law
An award of costs of litigation under 28 USC section 1919 to defendants sued for CERCLA cleanup costs is vacated and the case remanded, where the...

Turtle Island Restoration Network v. Dep't of Commerce

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In a challenge to the district court's vacatur, under the terms of the consent decree, of a National Marine Fisheries Service regulation increasing...