United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Pacific Rivers Council v. US Forest Service

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
In a suit challenging Forest Service amendments to the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan as inconsistent with the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA)...

Sauer v. Dep't of Education

Government Benefits, Government Contracts, Administrative Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a suit by a California state agency seeking review of an arbitration award that made it liable to a blind vendor for failing to sue the federal...

Biller v. Toyota Motor Corp.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In a dispute over the violation of an employment severance agreement, the district court's confirmation of an arbitration award is affirmed, where: 1)...

Perry v. Brown

Constitutional Law, Judges & Judiciary, Media Law
In an action arising out of Proposition 8 same-sex marriage litigation, in which a district court judge granted a motion to unseal a video recording...

Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v. Roommate.com, LLC

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Landlord Tenant Law
In a suit alleging that a roommate-matching service website’s questions requiring disclosure of sex, sexual orientation and familial status, and its...

US v. Noriega-Perez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
In a prosecution of a property owner stemming from his renting houses he owned near the United States-Mexico border to an alien smuggling organization...

GECCMC 2005-C1 Plummer Street Office L.P. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law
In a suit alleging breach of lease agreements that the defendant bank assumed after it purchased a failed bank's assets and liabilities from the FDIC...

Matter of Thorpe Insulation Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's orders denying a creditor's motion to compel...

US v. Casasola

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Immigration Law
In a prosecution of a Guatemalan citizen for illegal reentry into the United States after removal, the district court's denial of a motion to dismiss...

Matter of Meruelo Maddux Properties, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings involving the question whether the debtor was subject to the single asset real estate provisions of the...