United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Alvarez Figueroa v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law, Immigration Law, Juvenile Law
In an immigration case, petition to review denial of application to cancel removal is granted and the case remanded to the Board of Immigration...

US v. Lopez-Martinez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
In an immigrant smuggling case, convictions for conspiracy to bring aliens into the US, for aiding and abetting bringing aliens into the U.S....

Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Fed. Energy Regulation Comm-n

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a challenge to denial of a license to build a hydroelectric power plant, petitions to review denial of the license and denial of applicant's...

Equal Employment Opportunity Comm-n v. Federal Express Corp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination case, a decision to enforce an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) subpoena seeking company-wide data is...

Edwards v. Brown

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a death penalty appeal, an order denying habeas corpus relief due to unconstitutional jury instructions, suppression of evidence and ineffective...

South Ferry LP v. Killinger

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a securities fraud class action, an order refusing to dismiss as to several individual defendants is vacated and remanded where: 1) the inference...

Asset Marketing v. Gagnon

Commercial Law, Contracts, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In a software copyright and trade secret case, summary judgment for defendant on the grounds of an implied license to retain, use and modify the...

Santos-Limus v. Mukasey

Immigration Law, International Law
Petition for review of dismissal of appeal of an order denying asylum and protection under the Convention Against Torture is denied where: 1) the...

Townsend v. University of Alaska

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a case interpreting the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) as applied to state employers, dismissal for...

US v. Nader

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In prosections related to a prostitution ring, convictions for violations of the Travel Act are affirmed where: 1) the convictions were based on...