United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Kuo

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In defendants' appeal from the imposition of restitution following their pleas of guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. section 241, Conspiracy to Violate...

US v. Kloehn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Tax Law
Defendant's conviction and sentence for four counts of causing tax evasion are reversed where the district court abused its discretion and prejudiced...

Uhm v. Humana, Inc.

Government Benefits, Insurance Law
In an action against an insurer for nonpayment of Medicare benefits, the dismissal of the action is affirmed where 1) the district court lacked...

EEOC v. UPS Supply Chain Sols.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) alleging that UPS Supply Chain Solutions...

Mark H. v. Hamamoto

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action seeking damages for the Hawaii Department of Education's (DOE) alleged violations of the Rehabilitation Act, summary judgment for...

Northern Cal. River Watch v. Wilcox

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an action claiming that defendants violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by digging up and removing endangered plant species, summary judgment...

US v. Ali

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendants' mail and wire fraud convictions and sentences are affirmed in part where: 1) defendants were properly convicted of mail and wire fraud,...

Kamalyan v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review brought by an Armenian Jehova's Witness challenging the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) order adopting and affirming a...

Price v. Stossel

Communications Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In an action against 20/20 correspondent John Stossel and ABC News by a television evangelist for defamation, district court's dismissal of the suit...

Quinn v. Anvil Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a derivative action seeking damages from Anvil Corporation, its board of directors, and others for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract,...