United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Hofus

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for attempting to coerce and entice a minor to engage in sexual activity is affirmed where: 1) there was unlikely to be any...

In re: Taylor

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law
In debtors' appeal from the bankruptcy court's order avoiding a transfer of a security interest in an automobile to a bank, the order is reversed...

Compton Unified Sch. Dist. v. Addison

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Education Law, Health Law
In an administrative claim under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for failure to identify plaintiff-student as disabled,...

Xilinx, Inc. v. Comm'r. of Int'l. Rev.

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
In a tax court petition challenging the IRS's determination that, under the tax regulations in effect during tax years 1997, 1998 and 1999, related...

US v. Nevils

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's firearm possession conviction is affirmed where, viewing the evidence as required by Jackson v. Virginia, there was sufficient evidence to...

Edgerly v. San Francisco

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Sanctions
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against police officers and a city alleging that the officers unlawfully arrested and searched plaintiff in...

In re: Marshall

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an action based on defendant's purported tortious interference with a substantial inter vivos gift that plaintiff's late husband intended to give...

Desert Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. Oakland

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action claiming that the city of Oakland's billboard ordinances violated the First Amendment, denial of plaintiff's motion to clarify the...

US v. Rocha

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's convictions for (1) assault committed by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury under California Penal Code section 245, as...

Payne v. Peninsula Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Health Law
In an action under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) by the mother of an autistic student, dismissal of the action is affirmed...