United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

McCollough v. Johnson, Rondenburg and Lauinger, LLC

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law
In a dispute involving the Federal Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), entry of summary judgment against defendant-law firm is affirmed where: 1)...

Lopez v. Pacific Maritime Association

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an ADA and FEHA claim where plaintiff alleged discrimination on the basis of his protected status as a rehabilitated drug addict, summary judgment...

State of Oregon v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Construction, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
In a petition seeking review of conditional authorizations by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) related to the construction and operation of...

Gallegoes-Vasquez v. Holder

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review, order of the BIA pretermitting application for a waiver of inadmissibility pursuant INA section 212(c), is reversed because...

Adam v. Norton

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute over the scope of government sovereign immunity waiver under the Back Pay Act, 5 USC sections 5596(b)(1)-(b)(2)(A), grant of motion for...

Alaimalo v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In an appeal by defendant of dismissal of his habeas petition, 28 U.S.C. section 2241, order dismissing petition is vacated where defendant is...

Park Village v. Mortimer Howard Trust

Contracts, Elder Law, Government Benefits, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a landlord-tenant dispute involving an injunction against the eviction of elderly, low-income tenants who wished to pay a portion of their rent...

Dish Netowrk Corp. v. FCC

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Remedies
In a First Amendment case involving the question of an whether an FCC regulation requiring compulsory carriage of qualified noncommercial educational...

US v. Salazar-Mojica

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Immigration Law
Conviction and sentencing of defendant for being a deported alien found in the United States, in violation of 8 USC section 1326, is affirmed because...

Liu v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Appeal by petitioner concerning the denial of her asylum application by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) based on her lack of credibility and...