United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Latter-Singh v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
On petition for review of a BIA order dismissing an appeal of an immigration judge's decision to deny various forms of relief from removal, the...

Turtle Island Restoration Network v. Dep't of State

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In a suit alleging that the United States Department of State failed to satisfy its consultation and environmental assessment obligations under the...

Putnam Family Partnership v. City of Yucaipa

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit by mobilehome park owners under the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (FHAA) challenging a city zoning ordinance prohibiting any...

Range Road Music, Inc. v. East Coast Foods, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a suit by music companies that owned song copyrights against the corporate owner of a restaurant at which the songs were played without license and...

Wilson v. Hewlett-Packard Co.

Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Product Liability
In a suit alleging that Hewlett-Packard (HP) concealed a design defect in its Pavilion Notebook computers that manifested after the expiration of the...

Marshall Naify Revocable Trust v. US

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
In a suit by a successor in interest to the estate of a deceased California resident, alleging that it was due a refund for federal estate taxes, the...

Leigh v. Salazar

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Media Law
In a suit by a photojournalist contending that viewing restrictions at a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) horse roundup violated her First Amendment...

US v. 300 Units of Rentable Housing

Contracts, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a lease dispute between the government and the lessor of 300 units of family housing located on an Air Force base, in which the government brought...

Rangel-Zuazo v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
A petition for review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals is granted in light of Judulang v. Holder, 132 S. Ct. 476...

US v. Yeung

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
On appeal of a restitution order imposed by the district court after a jury convicted the appellant of various crimes associated with her involvement...