United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Applied Med. Dist. Corp. v. Surgical Co. BV

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, International Law, International Trade, Remedies
In an appeal from the district court's denial of an injunction barring defendant from pursuing an action against plaintiff in Belgium, the order is...

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

Administrative Law, Tax Law
In an appeal from the tax court's decision denying taxpayers' appeal from an IRS collection due process hearing, the order is affirmed where the...

Norse v. City of Santa Cruz

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a First Amendment action based on plaintiff's ejection from city council meetings, judgment for defendants is affirmed where the ejection was not...

Vivendi SA v. T-Mobile USA Inc.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, M&A
In an action alleging RICO violations in connection with defendants' acquisition of a Polish telecommunications company, the dismissal of the action...

Robinson v. US

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against the U.S. for encroachment onto plaintiffs' easement, the dismissal of the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under...

US v. Garcia-Villalba

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a drug conspiracy prosecution, the denial of defendant's motions to suppress is affirmed where: 1) the government's application to wiretap...

Medical Dev. Int'l. v. Cal. Dept. of Corr.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law, Health Law
In an action to recover payment for medical care provided to prisoners, the removal of the action to the district court is affirmed where the suit was...

Gonzalez v. Brown

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a drug possession prosecution, denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where, in view of the relatively low number of peremptory...

US v. Moriel-Luna

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In defendant's appeal from a denial of his motion to dismiss his indictment for illegal reentry into the U.S. by a deported alien, the district...

Laster v. AT&T Mobility LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a class action claiming that a telephone company's offer of a "free" phone to anyone who signed up for its service was fraudulent to the extent the...