United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Toomer v. US

Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In a wrongful death action based on the death of an individual outside a military base after having been at a nightclub on the base's premises,...

US v. Rivera-Corona

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime is vacated where the district court erred in summarily rejecting...

In re: Mercury Interactive Corp. Sec. Litig.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a securities class action, the district court's order awarding attorneys' fees of twenty-five percent of the $117.5 million settlement fund to...

Khadka v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the denial of petitioner's asylum application, the petition is granted in part where: 1) the IJ erred in finding...

Wolin v. Jaguar Land Rover N. Am. LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Transportation
In a class action alleging that Land Rover's LR3 vehicles suffer from an alignment geometry defect that caused tires to wear prematurely, the denial...

US v. Dotson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Military Law
Defendants' convictions for furnishing liquor to minors on an Air Force base are affirmed where assimilation of Washington state law under the...

Whittlestone, Inc. v. Handi-Craft Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Remedies
In a breach of contract action, the district court's order striking plaintiff's claim for lost profits is reversed where Rule 12(f) of the Federal...

Greenwood Corp. v. CompuCredit Corp.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The order of the district court denying certain credit providers' motion to compel arbitration is affirmed where the district court correctly...

California v. Safeway, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an antitrust action challenging a profit-sharing provision between members of a multiemployer bargaining unit, a denial of summary judgment to...

US v. Alvarez

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Military Law
Defendant's conviction for falsely verbally claiming to have received the Congressional Medal of Honor is reversed where the Stolen Valor Act lacked...