United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Farmer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's child pornography possession sentence is affirmed where defendant's prior conviction under California Penal Code section 288(a), for lewd...

US v. Milovanovic

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution for "honest services" mail fraud, involving the corrupt issuance of commercial drivers’ licenses in the State of Washington, the...

Peterson v. Islamic Repub. of Iran

Civil Procedure, Judgement Enforcement
In plaintiffs' appeal from the district court's order denying plaintiffs' motion to assign the rights of a French debtor of Iran to plaintiffs, on the...

US v. Bush

Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law
Defendant's securities fraud and money laundering convictions are affirmed where, although the court held that Santos applied to Section 1957...

Costanich v. Dept. of Soc. & Health Servs. for the State of Wash.

Government Law, Health Law, Civil Rights, Family Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging the deprivation of plaintiff's due process rights to her foster care license and guardianship of her...

Javhlan v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying petitioner's applications for asylum, withholding of removal,...

Simmonds v. Credit Suisse Secs. (USA) LLC

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action allege that the defendant-appellee investment banks violated Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by engaging in...

Center for Biological Diversity v. US Dept. of Agr.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law
In the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) appeal from the district court's order requiring the USDA, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),...

Coleman v. Estes Express Lines, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action based on multiple alleged violations of California wage and hour statutes, defendant's application to appeal from the district...

Rodriguez v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In an action arising from the premature explosion of a mortar cartridge manufactured by General Dynamics during an army training exercise in Hawaii,...