United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Rodriguez v. Maricopa Cty. Cmty. Coll. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action claiming that defendant public university administrators failed to take immediate or appropriate steps to prevent a professor...

Rivera-Cuartas v. Holder

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order removing petitioner from the U.S., the petition is granted where Arizona Revised Statutes section 13-1405,...

US v. Gallaher

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a capital murder prosecution, the denial of defendant's motion to dismiss his superseding indictment is affirmed where the plain text of 18 U.S.C....

Federiso v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's application for waiver of removal, the petition is granted where an individual whose...

Leu v. Int'l Boundary Comm'n.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a takings claim against the International Boundary Commission and the U.S. Boundary Commissioner in his official capacity, the district court's...

Edwards v. Wells Fargo & Co.

Banking Law, Commercial Law
In an action against Wells Fargo Bank under the Fair Credit Billing Act, a subpart of the Truth in Lending Act, and under the Nevada Unfair Consumer...

Schmidt v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Rwy. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an action raising a negligent injury claim under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) based on injuries suffered by plaintiff-railroad...

Peterson v. Cal.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In an action claiming that California Proposition 115 (Prop. 115), the Crime Victims Justice Reform Act, violated plaintiff's constitutional rights...

Adam Bros. Farming, Inc. v. County of Santa Barbara

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against the County of Santa Barbara and several of its employees in federal court, alleging that the county had, through a false wetland...

FTC v. Neovi, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law
In an action by the FTC arising from a website managed by defendants that created and delivered unverified checks at the direction of registered...