United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Stratman v. Leisnoi, Inc.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case about certification of Woodsy Island as a native village under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), the appeal is dismissed as...

Martinez v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Immigration Law
In an immigration case, the Court denies petitions to review denial of asylum, denial of withholding of removal, denial of voluntary departure and...

Alaskan Independence Party v. State of Alaska

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a First Amendment challenge to Alaska's mandatory direct primary ballot nomination process, grant of summary judgment for the state is affirmed...

N. Idaho Cmty. Action Network v. US Dep't of Transp.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Transportation
In a challenge to a proposed highway project, grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) defendants...

Am. Bird Conservatory v. Fed. Communications Comm'n.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Media Law
In a suit brought under the citizen suit provisions of the Endangered Species Act, dismissal due to lack of district court subject matter jurisdiction...

Slovik v. Yates

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of habeas corpus relief is reversed and remanded where: 1) the trial court denied petitioner's Sixth Amendment confrontation rights when during...

Caldwell v. Caldwell

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a Constitutional challenge to a website maintained by the University of California at Berkeley which portrayed evolutionary theory and religion as...

Kim v. Real Property

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an asset forfeiture case interpreting the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (CAFRA), dismissal of a civil forfeiture complaint is reversed...

Castaneda v. Henneford

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a claim of Constitutional violations committed by officers and employees of the Public Health Service on a prisoner whose repeatedly untreated...

Espinosa v. United Student Aid Funds, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
In a case regarding discharge of student loan debt in Chapter 13 bankruptcy, the Court reverses a district court order reversing the bankruptcy...