United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Standard Ins. Co. v. Morrison

ERISA, Insurance Law
In an action claiming that a state's practice of disapproving insurance policies with clauses vesting discretion in insurers violated the Employee...

California Energy Comm'n v. Dept. of Energy

Administrative Law, Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
In a petition for review of an order of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) denying petitioner's request for a waiver of preemption under the Energy...

Stormans, Inc. v. Selecky

Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
In a First Amendment action seeking to require pharmacies to deliver lawfully prescribed FDA-approved medications and prohibit discrimination against...

Westchester Fire Ins. Co. v. Mendez

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Sanctions
In an action by an insurer seeking a declaration that it had no obligation to defend or indemnify defendant against a certain claim because he failed...

Brodheim v. Cry

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prisoner's action claiming that an official violated his First Amendment right to petition the government for redress of grievances, summary...

US v. Kilbride

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Evidence, Sentencing
In a prosecution arising from defendants' conduct relating to their business of sending unsolicited email, or spam, advertising adult websites,...

Siracusano v. Matrixx Initiatives, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action alleging that defendant failed to disclose material information regarding its cold remedy drug, Zicam, dismissal of the...

US v. Rivera-Alonzo

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction and sentence for assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon is affirmed where: 1) a district court does not abuse its...

Barker v. Riverside Cty. Offc. of Educ.

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging a teacher's constructive termination arising out of plaintiff's complaints regarding the treatment of disabled students,...

Parth v. Pomona Valley Hosp. Med. Ctr.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that defendant's use of different base hourly rates violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by denying unionized employees...