United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Northwest Env. Def. Ctr. v. Brown

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Water Law
In an action claiming that defendants violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) and its implementing regulations by not obtaining permits from the...

Lockwood v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. Admin.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In a petition for review of the denial of social security benefits to petitioner, claiming that the ALJ erred when she failed to explain in her...

FTC v. Network Servs. Depot, Inc.

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Remedies
In an action by the FTC against defendants for making material misrepresentations and engaging in deceptive business practices in violation of Section...

Jules Jordan Video, Inc. v. 144942 Canada Inc.

Commercial Law, Entertainment Law, False Advertising, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
In an action by an adult video actor claiming that defendants copied and sold thirteen copyrighted adult DVDs featuring plaintiff's performances, the...

US v. Hall

Bankruptcy Law, Tax Law
In debtors' appeal from the district court's reversal of the bankruptcy court's order sustaining the IRS's objection to debtors' proposed...

Hawn v. Exec. Jet Mgmt., Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by flight attendants who were dismissed for sexual harassment, alleging discrimination on the basis of race, sex and national origin in...

League of Wilderness Defenders v. Allen

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an action alleging that the Five Buttes Project, which authorized certain logging activities, violated the National Forest Management Act and the...

Wolfson v. Brammer

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
In an action by a candidate for judicial office in Arizona, challenging several canons of the Arizona Code of Judicial Conduct (Code) that restricted...

Johnson v. Gruma Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's confirmation of an arbitration award in favor of defendant, the order is affirmed where: 1) the...

Campbell v. Henry

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In petitioner's appeal from the dismissal of her federal petition for writ of habeas corpus for failure to file within the one year statute of...