United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Johnson v. Rancho Santiago Comm. Coll. Dist.

Constitutional Law, Construction, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging a public project labor agreement as preempted by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Employee Retirement Income...

Telesaurus VPC, LLC v. Power

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a dispute between providers of mobile radio services wherein plaintiff alleged violations of the Federal Communications Act (FCA), the dismissal of...

Luchtel v. Hagemann

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an action claiming that defendant-officers lacked probable cause to arrest her, and that excessive force was used by the officers, summary judgment...

US v. Garcia-Jimenez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Immigration Law
Defendant's sentence following his guilty plea to one count of being an illegal alien found in the U.S. after deportation is affirmed where the...

Community House, Inc. v. Boise

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against the City of Boise and the Boise City Council, alleging, among other things, that the anticipated lease of a building to a...

Cortez-Guillen v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review based on petitioner's removal from the U.S. due to his commission of a "crime of violence," the petition is granted where...

US v. Flores-Blanco

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
Defendant's alien smuggling conviction is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not err either in its handling of a co-defendant's invocation of...

Nisqually Indian Tribe v. Gregoire

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law, Tax Law
In an action claiming that the State of Washington breached a contract with plaintiff Indian tribe by entering into an agreement with another tribe,...

Quan v. Computer Sci. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a class action pursuant to ERISA by participants in an employer's 401(k) plan against named and de facto fiduciaries of the plan, claiming...

Kirk v. Carpeneti

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a challenge to Alaska's merit selection system, brought by a group of individuals seeking to establish the principle that all participants in the...