United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Northrop Grumman v. Factory Mut. Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a suit by Northrop against defendant-insurer after it denied coverage for water damage at Northrop's Mississippi subsidiary caused by Hurricane...

In re: Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) Antitrust Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, International Law
In an antitrust action brought against U.S. and foreign manufacturers and sellers of DRAM computer memory by a British computer manufacturer that...

US v. Peterson

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
In a prosecution of defendants, who subsidized down payments to home buyers and then submitted misleading gift letters to HUD falsely stating that a...

Romero-Ruiz v. Mukasey

Immigration Law
An immigrant who did not have lawful permanent resident status at the time of his mother's naturalization is not eligible for derivative citizenship.

US v. Liu

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendants' convictions and sentences for conspiracy, sex trafficking, foreign transportation for prostitution, and transportation of persons in...

D'Lil v. Best W. Encina Lodge & Suites

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Health Law
In an action brought by a paraplegic against Best Western under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California civil rights...

US v. Almazan-Becerra

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
A sentence for illegal reentry into the U.S. is affirmed where: 1) district court properly applied the modified categorical approach when it concluded...

Choin v. Mukasey

Family Law, Immigration Law
Russian native's petition for review of a decision denying her application for adjustment of status and ordering her removed is granted where: 1) the...

Jankey v. Poop Deck

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Health Law
In a suit brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by an individual with a physical disability against a beer and wine bar and its...

Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. M&A W. Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Remedies, Sanctions, Securities Law
In an SEC enforcement action arising from the activities of a company described as a "sham incubator for startup companies", summary judgment ruling...