United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Hardisty v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits
In an appeal from the Social Security Commission's denial of supplemental security income benefits to plaintiff, the district court's denial of...

Hells Canyon Preservation Soc. v. US Forest Serv.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an action challenging the Forest Service's failure to close a road through a recreation area to motorized vehicle travel, summary judgment for...

US v. Green

Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Evidence, Government Law
Defendant's wire fraud and bid rigging convictions are affirmed where: 1) defendant's conduct did not need to violate a rule or regulation of the...

Charles Schwab & Co. v. Debickero

Banking Law, ERISA, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
In an interpleader action by a bank seeking to determine the ownership of an IRA account held by decedent, summary judgment for the named...

Adkison v. Comm'r. of Int'l. Rev.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
In a taxpayer's appeal from a tax court's dismissal of his claim for relief from joint and several tax liability with his spouse under 26 U.S.C....

Hoffman v. Tonnemacher

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), 42 U.S.C. section 1395dd(a), based on an emergency room physician's...

Coyt v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's motion to reissue the BIA's decision and stay his removal, the petition is granted where...

US v. Palos-Marquez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
Defendant's conviction for transportation of illegal aliens is affirmed where an in-person tip by an unidentified informant provided reasonable...

Fishermen's Finest Inc. v. Locke

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In a petition for review of the Secretary of Commerce's order allocating Pacific cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area among...

US v. Aguirre-Ganceda

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an appeal from a denial of defendant's motion to correct his sentence as untimely, the order is affirmed where: 1) the district court properly...