United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Anderson v. Suburban Teamsters of N. Ill. Pension Fund Bd. of Trustees

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action challenging defendant pension fund's denial of disability benefits, judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the fund's...

Toj-Culpatan v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order denying petitioner's asylum application, the petition is denied where petitioner did not file an asylum...

US v. Berger

Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
Defendant's bank and securities fraud sentence is vacated where, although the Dura Pharmaceuticals loss causation standard did not apply to criminal...

Becerril v. Pima County Assessor's Office

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) action claiming that a county office discriminated against plaintiff-employee by reassigning her because...

US v. Mohsen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's perjury and fraud convictions are affirmed where: 1) the district court correctly instructed the jury on the materiality element of the...

Hernandez-Aguilar v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order removing petitioner from the U.S., the petition is denied where petitioner's conviction for possessing a...

US v. Tupuola

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendants' crack cocaine distribution sentences are affirmed where defendants' sentences were not "based on a sentencing range that had subsequently...

Boose v. Tri-County Metro. Transp. Dist. of Oregon

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Transportation
In an action alleging that the Americans with Disabilities Act required public transit systems to make certain modifications to their programs for...

Legal Aid Servs. of Or. v. Legal Servs. Corp.

Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
In a First Amendment challenge to restrictions on lobbying, soliciting clients, participating in class actions, and seeking attorneys' fees imposed on...

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

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Tax Law
In taxpayers' appeal of a tax court decision granting summary judgment for the IRS and permitting it to proceed with its collection action relating to...