United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Kode v. Carlson

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury action, a ruling for defendant is vacated where the district court did not weigh the substantiality of the evidence presented to...

US v. Garrido

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's robbery and firearm use conviction is affirmed where the district court did not err under Fed. R. Evid. 701 and 702 by allowing lay...

Doody v. Schriro

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where: 1) the Miranda advisement provided to petitioner, which consumed...

American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Los Angeles

Administrative Law, Government Law, Transportation
In an action seeking preliminary injunctive relief against certain regulations imposed by the Port of Los Angeles, a local governing body, upon motor...

US v. Jennen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's firearm possession conviction and sentence are affirmed where: 1) the anonymous tip supporting the search warrant at issue included a...

Avalos v. Baca

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action based on alleged violations of plaintiff's rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments based on his over-detention and for...

Cumbie v. Woody Woo, Inc.

Commercial Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) action claiming unpaid wages, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where a restaurant did not violate the...

Cooper v. FAA

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Transportation
In a Privacy Act action based on an exchange of information about plaintiff performed as part of a joint criminal investigation by multiple federal...

Harrison v. Gillespie

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, a denial of the petition is reversed where the state trial court abused its discretion by declaring a mistrial without...

Robinson v. Schriro

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of the petition is reversed in part and remanded for a new sentencing proceeding where: 1) the state courts...