United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Struckman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
The district court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss tax fraud charges against him is affirmed where the broad suppression of evidence before...

Stacy v. Rederiet Otto Danielsen, A.S.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for negligent infliction of emotional distress arising from a maritime collision, dismissal of the action is reversed where plaintiff...

Lin v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's application for asylum and requested withholding of removal under the Immigration and...

Visa Int'l Serv. Ass'n v. JSL Corp.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In an action by Visa Corporation claiming that a company called eVisa was likely to dilute the Visa trademark, summary judgment for plaintiff is...

US v. King

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In defendant's appeal from the district court's judgment revoking his term of supervised release and imposing additional supervised release conditions...

US v. Buzo-Zepeda

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for reentry into the U.S. following deportation is affirmed where a "Johnson waiver" in California state court had no effect on...

Kimbrough v. State of Cal.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action claiming that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's (CDCR) grooming regulations concerning hair length interfered...

Lal v. State of Cal.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
In an action against the California Highway Patrol and certain officers for the shooting death of plaintiff's husband, dismissal of the action with...

Simonia v. Glendale Nissan/Infiniti Disability Plan

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's denial of his motion for attorney's fees under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974...

Simmons v. Navajo County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action against county jail personnel claiming that they negligently permitted the suicide of an inmate, summary judgment for...