United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Kamm v. ITEX Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts
In a breach of contract action concerning an Independent Retail Brokerage Service Agreement, the District Court's order remanding the action to state...

Cousins v. Lockyer

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that Defendant officials breached their duty to monitor whether Plaintiff's sentence was void and take...

Mollison v. US

Civil Procedure, Tax Law
In a motion to quash a summons issued by the IRS and served on the U.S. more than twenty days after it was issued, the District Court's order...

Baker v. Exxon Mobile Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action for property damage based on an oil spill caused by Defendant's tanker, the District Court's order awarding post-judgment interest on...

Baker v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action for property damage based on an oil spill caused by Defendant's tanker, the District Court's order awarding post-judgment interest on...

City of Las Vegas v. FAA

Administrative Law, Transportation
In a petition for review of an FAA Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) approving the modification of the departure route at an airport, the...

Noel v. Hall

Communications Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging violation of federal wiretap laws, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where 1) Defendant did not "intercept"...

Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. King Mtn. Tobacco Co.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Indian Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
In a trademark infringement action based on allegedly infringing cigarette packaging being sold on the Internet, an Indian reservation and elsewhere,...

Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. King Mtn. Tobacco Co.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Indian Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
In a trademark infringement action based on allegedly infringing cigarette packaging being sold on the Internet, an Indian reservation and elsewhere,...

San Diego Police Offcrs. Ass'n. v. San Diego Employees' Ret. Sys.

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by a police union claiming that a city ordinance that reduced the city's contributions to the employees' retirement fund violated...