United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Log Cabin Republicans v. US

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Military Law, Remedies
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court enjoining the application of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" as facially unconstitutional, judgment is...

Apple Inc. v. Psystar Corp.

cs_82, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Remedies, cs_87
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of plaintiff and enjoining defendant from continued...

Degelmann v. Advanced Medical Optics Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, cs_82, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing plaintiffs' action against defendant for unfair competition and false advertising,...

US v. Stonehill

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Remedies, Tax Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court’s denying taxpayers' Rule 60(b) motion to vacate a 1967 tax judgment against them on the basis of...

US v. Barraza-Lopez

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court denying defendant's motion to dismiss one count of a superseding indictment, judgment is affirmed...

Jiang v. Holder

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of a decision of the BIA denying petitioner's applications for adjustment of status, asylum, withholding of removal, and...

Haile v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, International Law
In a petition for review of an order of the BIA finding petitioner, a native and citizen of Eritrea, ineligible for asylum, withholding of removal...

Silva v. Di Vittorio

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing plaintiff's civil rights action for failure to state a claim, judgment is reversed as to...

Earl v. Nielsen Media Research, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing plaintiff's state claims for age and disability discrimination and wrongful termination...

Stokley v. Ryan

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a Section 2254 challenge to defendant's death sentence for the murder of two thirteen-year-old girls, sentencing is upheld where defendant failed...