United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Crawford v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Government Law
In a dispute involving fees awarded to attorneys for successful representation of social security claimants, the fees awarded are affirmed where the...

US v. Able Time, Inc.

Commercial Law, Government Law, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Trademark
In an suit involving allegedly counterfeit watches seized by Customs and the resulting civil penalties imposed, grant of summary judgment for...

CarePartners LLC v. Lashway

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action alleging constitutional violations by state regulators of boarding homes, denial of defendants' motion for summary judgment based on...

MB Fin. Group v. US Postal Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In a case involving a disputed post office box, dismissals of a tort and contract claim are reversed where the USPS was not immune from either claim...

Direct TV, Inc. v. Webb

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Evidence, Media Law
In a dispute arising from piracy of satellite television signals, a judgment of unauthorized reception of broadcast signals in violation of 47 U.S.C....

Abagninin v. AMVAC Chem. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Environmental Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, International Trade, Product Liability
In a case brought under the Alien Tort Statute regarding use of a sterility inducing pesticide in the Ivory Coast, summary judgment for defendants on...

US v. Gomez-Leon

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
In a case challenging an enhanced sentence imposed for illegal reentry after deportation, the sentence is reversed and remanded where: 1) the district...

US v. Vega

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a case challenging the conditions of supervised release, the sentence is affirmed where: 1) the condition that defendant abstain from alcohol was...

Ngaeth v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In an immigration case, the Court denies petition for review of denial of a motion to reopen the case where a conviction for entering a locked vehicle...

Rosson v. Fitzgerald

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In a bankruptcy case interpreting the bounds of a petitioner's right to voluntarily dismiss a Chapter 13 petition, denial of a motion for...