United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

PhotoMedex, Inc. v. Irwin

Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action involving Lanham Act claims for misleading advertising and California state law claims for false advertising and unfair competition,...

Joseph v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's decision affirming an immigration judge's denial of petitioner's applications for asylum, withholding of...

In re: Sabban

Bankruptcy Law, Construction
In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy adversary proceeding, the bankruptcy court's order holding that a monetary award under California's unlicensed contractor...

Black Star Farms LLC v. Oliver

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
In an action by a Michigan winery claiming that certain provisions of Arizona's statutory scheme regulating the direct shipment of wine from wineries...

Lopez-Jacinde v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's decision that held that petitioner's state felony conviction for possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to...

Hein v. Sullivan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, the denial of petitioners' habeas petition is affirmed where, in light of the record from the two-month-long jury trial, an...

Ramirez-Villalpando v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's decision affirming an order of removal based on petitioner's conviction for an aggravated felony, the petition...

Serra v. Lappin

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by prisoners claiming that the low wages they were paid for work performed in prison violated their rights under the Fifth Amendment and...

Ojo v. Farmers Grp., Inc.

Civil Rights, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a disparate impact suit alleging the racially discriminatory provision of homeowner's insurance in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA),...

US v. Juarez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In defendant's appeal from the district court's judgment revoking his supervised release and sentencing him to eighteen months in prison, the order is...