United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Price v. Stevedoring Servs. of Am.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In an action seeking disability benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), the Department of Labor Benefits Review...

A.M. v. Monrovia Unif. Sch. Dist.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Health Law
In an action for violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, summary...

Norse v. Santa Cruz

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a First Amendment action based on plaintiff's ejection from the Santa Cruz city council after he gave the council a silent Nazi salute, judgment...

Krottner v. Starbucks Corp.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by current or former Starbucks employees whose names, addresses, and social security numbers were stored on a laptop that was stolen from...

MDY Indus., LLC v. Blizzard Entm't, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In an action seeking a declaratory judgment to establish that plaintiff's sales of a "leveling" program (Glider) for World of Warcraft (WoW) did not...

Ocampo v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) order denying as untimely petitioner's motion to reopen his immigration removal...

She v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing her appeal from an Immigration Judge's (IJ's) denial of her...

Alcazar v. Corp. of the Catholic Bishop of Seattle

Labor & Employment Law
In an overtime claim brought under Washington's Minimum Wage Act, judgment on the pleadings for defendant is affirmed where plaintiff was a minister...

Albina Engine & Machine v. Director, OWCP

Administrative Law, Workers' Compensation
In a petition for review of a decision of the Benefits Review Board upholding the Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) ruling that petitioner was liable...

Roberts v. Marshall

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a second-degree murder prosecution, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition as untimely is affirmed where the record was amply developed, and it...