United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Tijani v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's asylum application is granted in part where the court was required to remand to the BIA to...

Newdow v. Rio Linda Union Sch. Dist.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
In an Establishment Clause action by the atheist parent of a student challenging the recitation of the pledge of allegiance by other students in the...

Hesse v. Sprint Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Tax Law
In a class action alleging that defendant Sprint Corp. unlawfully collected a Washington state tax from Washington customers, summary judgment for...

Valdovinos v. McGrath

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed in part where a reasonable probability existed that the undisclosed...

Primiano v. Cook

Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action against the manufacturer of an artificial elbow, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where the exclusion of plaintiff's expert's...

US v. Cha

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for conspiracy, sex trafficking and coercion, and enticement to travel for the purpose of prostitution, a grant of defendants' motion...

Espinosa v. City & County of San Francisco

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming excessive force by defendants-officers, denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity is affirmed...

Martinez v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action under Section 8(b) of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), and California's Unfair Competition Law (UCL), claiming that a...

Tampubolon v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioners' asylum application, the petition is granted in part where the BIA erred in failing to...

Native Ecosystems Council v. Tidwell

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law
In an action challenging the Forest Service's approval of a project to update grazing allotments in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, summary...