United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides v. US Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Law, Water Law
In a case challenging pesticide tolerance levels set by the EPA, petition for review is granted in part and reversed in part and the case remanded to...

Burke v. Pitney Bowes, Inc.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case, summary judgment for defendant is vacated and the case remanded where: 1) under the Supreme Court's recent Metropolitan Life Ins....

Malkandi v. Mukasey

Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Immigration Law, International Law
In an asylum case regarding an alleged associate of al Qaeda operative Salah Saeed Mohammed bin Yousaf (a.k.a. Khallad), petition for review from a...

Vaughn v. Bay Env't Mgmt., Inc.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case, dismissal for lack of jurisdiction is vacated and the case remanded, where: 1) plaintiffs who have already received payout from...

Pannebecker v. Liberty Life Assurance Co.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case challenging denial of disability benefits, a judgment upholding denial of benefits is affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in...

National Resources Defense Council v. US Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
In a Clean Water Act (CWA) case seeking to force the EPA to promulgate guidelines relating to storm water pollution discharges caused by construction...

Mukasey v. Diouf

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
In an immigration case, grant of an injunction requiring a hearing to determine whether petitioner's prolonged detention was justified is reversed,...

Ind. Living Ctr. of S. California, Inc. v. Shewry

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In a challenge to California legislation reducing state payments made under the Medi-Cal program to medical service providers, denial of preliminary...

Ebner v. Oregon

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute over the terms of a 1978 consent decree entered regarding Oregon's Public Employee Retirement System (PERS), summary judgment for the...

US v. Gianelli

Criminal Law & Procedure, Debt Collection, Judgement Enforcement, Labor & Employment Law, Sentencing
In a case challenging a 2007 order to pay restitution originally ordered in a 1987 conviction, judgment for the U.S. is affirmed where: 1) California...