United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

United Steel, Paper & Forestry Int'l. Union v. ConocoPhillips Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In an action seeking compensation for defendant's alleged denial of employees' meal breaks, denial of class certification is reversed where the...

Allied Orthopedic Apps. Inc. v. Tyco Health Care Group LP

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an antitrust action claiming that plaintiffs overpaid for defendant's pulse oximetry sensors because defendant used improper marketing agreements...

Vasquez-Hernandez v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's motion to reopen his removal proceeding, the petition is denied where petitioner was...

US v. Forrester

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute ecstasy are affirmed where: 1) substantive collateral attacks on permanent...

US v. Morales

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's supervised release revocation sentence is affirmed where the commission's policy statement concerning whether a sentence reduction was...

Shrestha v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the denial of petitioner's asylum application, the petition is denied where: 1) the record's demonstration that...

Sanchez v. Aerovias de Mexico, S.A.

Class Actions, Contracts, Tax Law, Transportation
In a class action challenging an airline's collection of a tourism tax for the Mexican government from which plaintiffs were exempt, summary judgment...

Harrison v. Gillespie

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where the state sought to retry petitioner and seek the death penalty...

Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Washington

Civil Procedure, Indian Law
In a motion by an Indian tribe pursuant to a prior consent decree seeking a determination that the tribe possessed fishing rights in a certain area,...

Farrakhan v. Gregoire

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections
In a Voting Rights Act (VRA) action by minority citizens of Washington state who lost their right to vote pursuant to the state's felon...