United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Moses v. Payne

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Petition to review denial of habeas corpus relief from state conviction of murder is denied under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of...

Bromfield v. Mukasey

Civil Rights, Evidence, Immigration Law, International Law
In an immigration case interpreting the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), petition to...

US v. Drake

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case asserting violation of the right to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment and the Speedy Trial Act, conviction is affirmed where: 1) the...

Fairbanks Northstar Borough v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a dispute over the classification of land as wetlands protected by Clean Water Act, dismissal for lack of jurisdiction due to lack of a final...

White v. Mayflower Transit

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In a dispute over a cross country move gone bad, removal to federal court, an order confirming arbitration award for the moving company, and dismissal...

Hassan v. Chertoff

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Immigration Law
In an immigration case seeking mandamus relief and challenging the government's denial of an application to adjust residency status and its...

Dumontier v. Schlumberger Tech.

Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a case alleging subcellular injury from exposure to radioactive material, the grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the...

Sprint Telephony PCS v. County of San Diego

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Government Law, Media Law
In a case interpreting sections 253(a) and 332(c)(7) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the grant of permanent injunction against San Diego County...

McDonald v. Caldwell Banker

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection Law, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
In a housing discrimination case alleging violation of California's Fair Employment and Housing Act, California's Unruh Act, the federal Fair Housing...

US v. Wakanine

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Remedies, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
In a case challenging sentencing on a RICO conspiracy conviction, the sentence and restitution ordered are vacated and remanded where: 1) the district...