United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Boucher v. Shaw

Bankruptcy Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for unpaid wages, the dismissal of the complaint is reversed, where individual managers may constitute "employers" under the Fair Labor...

US v. Harris

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's bank robbery sentence is affirmed where defendant's prior Nevada convictions for robbery and attempted robbery categorically qualified as...

Public Citizen v. Nuclear Reg. Comm.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In a petition for review of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's refusal to include the threat of air attacks in its final revised Design Basis Threat...

Conn v. Reno

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on a prisoner's suicide, summary judgment for defendants is reversed where: 1) a reasonable jury could find...

US v. Nobari

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendants' drug conspiracy convictions are affirmed where the prosecution improperly presented, as evidence of defendants' guilt, testimony that drew...

US v. Guzman-Padilla

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a drug prosecution, denial of defendants' motion to suppress evidence is affirmed where the stop of defendants' vehicle was a valid seizure...

Bosack v. Soward

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a petition to vacate an arbitration award on fraud and conversion claims arising out of the failure of the parties' partnership, denial of the...

Renee v. Duncan

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a challenge to a Department of Education regulation permitting teachers participating in alternative route programs to be considered "highly...

Kraus v. Presidio Trust Facilities Div.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action for employment discrimination by a federal employee, dismissal of the action is reversed where plaintiff was not required to...

River Runners for Wilderness v. Martin

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenge to a National Park Service river management plan, the circuit court adopts the district court's...