United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Aguayo v. U.S. Bank

Banking Law, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
In a consumer action involving the scope of California’s Rees-Levering Act, judgment of the district court dismissing action as preempted is reversed...

Hinds Investment, LP v. Team Enterprises, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a private action under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. Sections 6901 et seq., judgment of the district court...

Jachetta v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a property dispute arising from an action for inverse condemnation, injunctive relief, nuisance, breach of fiduciary duties, and civil rights...

Payne v. Peninsula Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law
In a dispute arising from a Section 1983 complaint and involving the scope of the exhaustion requirement of the Individuals with Disabilities...

TrafficSchool.com, Inc. v. EDriver Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, False Advertising, Remedies
In an action arising from a very close imitation of the state DMV's website by a private, commercial website and alleging unfair competition and false...

US v. Spentz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Convictions and sentencing of defendants on an assortment of robbery and drug-related charges are upheld where the district court properly denied...

Greenway v. Schriro

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a petition for habeas relief from a conviction for first-degree murder, judgment of the district court denying petition is reversed with respect to...

Hoye v. City of Oakland

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a Section 1983 action challenge defendant-city's enforcement of an ordinance which prohibits certain conduct within 100 feet of abortion clinics,...

Estate of Amaro v. City of Oakland

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an interlocutory appeal involving the application of the doctrine of equitable estoppel to a Section 1983 claim, judgment of the district court is...

Pickard v. Department of Justice

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Remedies
In an action seeking to enforce plaintiff-inmate's Freedom of Information Act request to the Drug Enforcement Administration for records pertaining to...