United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Tennison v. City and County of San Francisco

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on Defendant-Officers' alleged withholding of exculpatory evidence, the partial denial of Defendants' motion...

Satterfield v. Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law
In an action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act for sending unsolicited text messages, summary judgment for Defendant is reversed, where a...

US v. Leniear

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's drug distribution sentence is affirmed, where Defendant was not eligible for a sentence reduction under Amendment 706 to the Sentencing...

US v. Overton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's child pornography conviction and sentence are affirmed, where 1) the evidence was sufficient to allow the District Court to find that the...

Wirum v. Warren

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In an appeal from a Bankruptcy Court order waiving 11 U.S.C. section 521(i)(1)'s requirement that a debtor file a list of creditors within 45 days of...

Vernoff v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Family Law, Government Benefits
In an appeal from the Social Security Administration's order denying Plaintiff child survivor benefits, the order is affirmed where the child at issue...

Bakersfield Energy Partners v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Oil and Gas Law, Tax Law
In a Tax Court petition challenging an IRS deficiency notice, judgment for Petitioner is affirmed, where a taxpayer does not "omit[ ] from gross...

Sea Hawk Seafoods, Inc. v. Locke

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure
In an action challenging certain fishery management regulations, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where: 1) the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery...

Holley v. Yarborough

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a habeas matter involving a prosecution for lewd and lascivious acts on a child, the denial of the petition is reversed where the trial court erred...

Smith v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action seeking unpaid overtime for hourly employees, the appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where,...