United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Ngo v. Woodford

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prisoner's civil rights suit on remand from the Supreme Court, dismissal of the suit is affirmed where prisoner failed to exhaust his...

de Rincon v. Dep't of Homeland Sec.

Civil Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
Appeals challenging an expedited removal order are dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where: 1) the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to hear...

Pac. Fisheries Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In an action claiming that the IRS improperly withheld or redacted certain documents responsive to plaintiff-company's Freedom of Information Act...

In re: Cellular 101, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law
A party's failure to timely inform the court of appeals of a settlement that it believes disposes of a pending appeal precludes the party from...

US v. Craighead

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a case addressing the question of under what circumstances under the Fifth Amendment does an interrogation by law enforcement officers in a...

McMurtrey v. Ryan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Sentencing
In a pre-AEDPA case, grant of habeas corpus relief in a death penalty case is affirmed where: 1) there was substantial evidence, particularly by the...

US v. Hernandez-Orellana

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Convictions for alien smuggling-related offenses are affirmed in part, reversed in part, and the sentences vacated and remanded where: 1) a reasonable...

Boschetto v. Hansing

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
The sale of one automobile via the eBay website, without more, does not provide sufficient "minimum contacts" to establish jurisdiction over a...

Hurlic v. S. California Gas Co.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against defendant-company and its pension plan alleging that company's amendment of the plan violated both ERISA and the California Fair...

Koninklijke Philips Elecs., N.V. v. KXD Tech., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Remedies, Sanctions, Trademark
In an action alleging that defendants had infringed plaintiff-Philips's registered trademark and had knowingly offered counterfeited Philips goods for...