United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Watison v. Carter

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a prisoner's suit under 42 USC section 1983 against prison officials, the district court's dismissal of the complaint is: 1) affirmed as to the...

Hunt v. County of Orange

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a suit by a former lieutenant officer in the sheriff's department against the county sheriff under 42 USC section 1983 claiming that his placement...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada v. Masto

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a challenge to the retroactive application of two Nevada statutes imposing various requirements on individuals convicted of sexual offenses: 1) the...

Beets v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action by parents pursuant to 42 USC section 1983 alleging that a police officer used excessive force when he shot and killed their son, the...

Gomez Zarate v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
On petition for review of a BIA order dismissing a Mexican national's appeal from an immigration judge’s decision pretermitting his application for...

Metabolic Research, Inc. v. Ferrell

Civil Procedure, False Advertising
In a case alleging false advertising claims by a maker of a fitness supplement, in which the district court denied a pretrial special motion to...

Adams v. US Forest Service

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge to the United States Forest Service's charging of fees to persons who drive to Mount Lemmon near Tucson, park their cars, then picnic,...

The Save the Peaks Coalition v. US Forest Service

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Water Law
In a suit alleging that the United States Forest Service (USFS) violated the National Environmental Protection Act by permitting a ski resort operator...

Skilstaf, Inc. v. CVS Caremark Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech
In a putative class action against retail drug stores filed by a plaintiff who had been part of a previously settled class action against a wholesale...

Matter of SK Foods, L.P.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In a bankruptcy proceeding in which the bankruptcy court, affirmed by the district court, denied a motion to remove the trustee and disqualify his...