United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Greensprings Baptist Christian Fellowship Trust v. Cilley

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for malicious prosecution, plaintiffs' appeal from the dismissal of their suit under the California anti-SLAPP statute is dismissed where...

US v. Valverde

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, the dismissal of the indictment is affirmed where the Attorney General’s...

Patton v. Target Corp.

Civil Procedure
The district court's dismissal of an action with prejudice following a settlement is affirmed where the district court correctly concluded that Or....

Munoz v. Mabus

Civil Rights, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a breach of contract and employment discrimination action claiming that a Title VII predetermination settlement agreement required the Navy to...

McCullough v. Kane

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Following petitioner's murder conviction, the grant of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where the Governor of California's reversal of...

Greater Yellowstone Coalition v. Lewis

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an action claiming that the expansion of a mine would violate the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act (CWA), and the National...

US v. Alvarez-Perez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Defendant's conviction of being a deported alien found in the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. section 1326 is vacated where the Speedy Trial...

Resilient Floor Covering Pension Fund v. M&M Installation, Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action on a theory of ERISA withdrawal liability, summary judgment for plaintiff is reversed where, assuming it is possible to be responsible on...

Tamas v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In an action against the Department of Social and Health Services and nine of its employees alleging negligence and civil rights violations, a denial...

Guggenheim v. City of Goleta

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against the City of Santa Barbara claiming that its rent control ordinance was a taking of plaintiffs' property without compensation, and...