United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Miller

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Denial of defendant's "Motion to Dismiss Revocation Petition and Request for Immediate Release from Custody" is affirmed where: 1) the district court...

Rogers v. Royal Caribbean Cruise Line

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a wage claim suit brought by three employees against their employer-cruise ship operator, grant of employer's motion to compel arbitration is...

Wildwest Inst. v. Bull

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In a dispute over whether the U.S. Forest Service complied with federal environmental law in its management of a national forest in Montana, summary...

Sullivan v. Oracle Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a would-be class action brought by three nonresidents of California against Oracle seeking damages under California law for failure to pay...

US v. Williams

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendants' convictions for conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery, conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute,...

In the Matter of: Caneva

Bankruptcy Law, Evidence
In the context of bankruptcy, when a debtor owns and controls numerous business entities and engages in substantial financial transactions, the...

US v. Youssef

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
A violation of 18 U.S.C. section 1015(a), which criminalizes the making of a false statement in an immigration document, does not require the false...

E.S.S. Entm't 2000, Inc. v. Rock Star Videos, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
In an action brought by the operator of a strip club in Los Angeles against the producer of a video game in the "Grand Theft Auto" series claiming,...

Vasquez v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A ruling upholding a denial of Social Security disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income benefits is vacated and remanded to the...

Humphries v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Family Law, Government Law
California's maintenance of the California's Child Abuse Central Index (CACI), which is a database of known or suspected child abusers, violates the...