United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

EEOC v. Peabody Western Coal Co.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Indian Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by the EEOC alleging that, in maintaining its employment preference for Navajo workers, defendant discriminated against non-Navajo...

Hawaii Stevedores, Inc. v. Ogawa

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a petition for review of a decision of the Benefits Review Board (BRB) affirming an Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) grant of disability benefits...

Almaraz v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial of petitioner's motion to reopen and remand, the petition is denied where...

US v. Batson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Tax Law, White Collar Crime
In a prosecution for conspiracy to commit tax fraud, defendant's restitution order is affirmed in part where the district court was authorized to...

Edwards v. First Am. Corp.

Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action claiming that defendant improperly paid millions of dollars to individual title companies and, in exchange, those title companies entered...

Murdoch v. Castro

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where, because the Supreme Court has not clearly established whether...

Bryan v. MacPherson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action asserting excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment based on an officer's use of a taser on plaintiff, a denial of summary...

Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone of Nev. v. US Dept. of Interior

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an action claiming that the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) approval of a mining company's amendment to a plan of operations for an existing...

Del Banjo v. Ayers

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a prosecution for kidnapping with the intent to commit rape and/or sodomy and one count of sodomy, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is...

Guy v. City of San Diego

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's denial of his motion for a new trial on damages following a jury verdict reached in his 42 U.S.C....