United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Narouz v. Charter Comms., LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action for unpaid wages, the district court's denial of the parties' motion to certify a class for settlement purposes is vacated where: 1)...

Weissburg v. Lancaster Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Education Law, Health Law
In an action seeking attorney's fees based on an administrative proceeding under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act in which an...

Clouthier v. Contra Costa

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that a mental health specialist, two sheriff's deputies, and a county violated the Fourteenth Amendment...

Crowe v. San Diego

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on defendants' investigation and prosecution of plaintiffs-teenagers for a crime of which they were innocent...

Donohue v. Quick Collect, Inc.

Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In an action claiming that defendant collection agency violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by charging a usurious rate of...

US v. Yip

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Tax Law
Defendant's tax fraud conviction is affirmed where: 1) the district court properly included defendant's unpaid state taxes in the tax loss computation...

Baghdasaryan v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's asylum application, the petition is granted where: 1) the evidence in the record would...

U.S. Philips Corp. v. KBC Bank N.V.

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Intellectual Property, Judgement Enforcement, Patent
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's order granting movant-bank's motion to modify a preliminary injunction freezing the assets of the...

Elliot-Park v. Manglona

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on officers' alleged failure to investigate a crime or arrest the alleged perpetrator because of the race of...

Mattos v. Agarano

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on defendant-officers' use of a Taser on plaintiff, a denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity...