United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a declaratory judgment action against Autodesk, Inc. to establish that plaintiff's resales of Autodesk, Inc.'s AutoCAD Release 14 software did not...

Bowoto v. Chevron Corp.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action by protesters injured on defendant's oil platform in Nigeria, judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the federal Death on the High...

Delia v. City of Rialto

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by a firefighter against the City of Rialto and the Rialto Fire Department, alleging violations of his constitutional rights arising...

South Coast Air Quality Mgmt. Dist. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) order approving the construction of new facilities to allow for the...

Anderson v. City of Hermosa Beach

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a First Amendment challenge to a city's ban on tattoo parlors, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where tattooing is purely expressive...

Heishman v. Ayers

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of the petition is affirmed where: 1) there is no reasonable likelihood that certain false testimony could have...

Vukmirovic v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's motion to reopen, the petition is granted where the case presented "exceptional...

Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Military Law
In an action alleging that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), working in concert with other government agencies and officials of foreign...

Rhodes v. Robinson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action alleging that prison guards violated plaintiff's civil rights by retaliating against him for exercising his First Amendment right to...

Thompson v. Runnels

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
In a first-degree murder prosecution, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where the admission at trial of petitioner's confession...