United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Payton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a child pornography prosecution, denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence of child pornography found on his personal computer is reversed...

Huppert v. Pittsburg

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that defendant city violated the First Amendment by disciplining plaintiff police officers based on their...

Vasquez v. Kirkland

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a murder case, the denial of Petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where testimony by a deaf witness using sign language did not violate the...

T-Mobile USA Inc. v. Anacortes

Communications Law, Government Law
In an action challenging cefendant-dity's denial of plaintiff's application to erect a wireless antenna under the Telecommunications Act, summary...

Valentine v. Comm'r., Soc. Sec. Admin.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging the Social Security Commissioner's denial of disability benefits, judgment for defendant is affirmed, where 1) the...

Hoffman v. Lloyd

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a bankruptcy adversary proceeding in which the debtor sought to rescind the sale of his foreclosed home, bankruptcy court's order rescinding the...

California Trout v. FERC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's denial of petitioner's motion to intervene in a license renewal proceeding, the...

BNSF Rwy. Co. v. O'Dea

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure
In an employment discrimination action, dismissal of the complaint for lack of jurisdiction is reversed where district courts have diversity...

Moss v. US Secret Serv.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a Bivens action claiming that Defendant Secret Service agents violated plaintiffs' First Amendment rights when they ordered the relocation of a...

St. John's Organic Farm v. Gem Cty. Mosquito Abatement Dist.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Environmental Law
In an action claiming unlawful discharge of pesticides into U.S. waters, denial of plaintiff's application for attorney's fees is reversed where...