United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

In re Greene

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a debtor's appeal from the bankruptcy court's order limiting the homestead exemption in his bankruptcy petition, the order is affirmed in part...

Sternberg v. Johnston

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Remedies
In an adversary proceeding in bankruptcy court for violation of an automatic stay, judgment for defendant is affirmed in part where plaintiff violated...

Pedroza v. Benefits Rev. Bd.

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a petition for review of the Benefits Review Board's determination that petitioner was not entitled to disability benefits under the Longshore and...

US v. Ruehle

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Securities Law
In an options backdating prosecution of a former Broadcom executive, the district court's order suppressing all evidence reflecting defendant's...

Irigoyen-Briones v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's motion to reconsider its rejection of petitioner's appeal as being untimely filed, the...

Provincial Gov't. of Marinduque v. Placer Dome, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action by a Philippine island claiming that an American company polluted its waters, dismissal of the action on forum non conveniens grounds is...

Aguilar-Turcios v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Military Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order dismissing petitioner's appeal from an Immigration Judge-s order finding him removable as an alien...

Turcios v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's motion to reconsider its rejection of his appeal of an Immigration Judge's decision as...

Indergard v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that defendant-employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by terminating plaintiff based on her failure to pass...

Hunter v. Philip Morris USA

Civil Procedure, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability action against a tobacco company, the dismissal of the action on preemption grounds is reversed where the district court...