United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Miller v. California Speedway Corp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Sports Law
In a discrimination action brought by a quadriplegic NASCAR fan under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) involving claims that when fans...

Navajo Nation v. US Forest Serv.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a case wherein American Indians sought to prohibit the federal government from allowing the use of artificial snow for skiing on a portion of a...

Peck v. Cingular Wireless, LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Tax Law
In a class action lawsuit brought by a former employee against Cingular claiming, inter alia, it violated state law by passing a business and...

Lockerby v. Sierra

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In the bankruptcy context, an intentional breach of contract cannot give rise to nondischargeability under 11 U.S.C. section 523(a)(6) unless it is...

Lukovsky v. City and County of San Francisco

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an action against San Francisco, its Municipal Transportation Agency (MUNI), and various individual defendants for race and national origin...

Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Marina Point Dev. Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In an action brought by environmental groups against developers raising claims under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA),...

Southwest Marine, Inc. v. US

Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
Fees incurred by plaintiff-shipyard operator during its unsuccessful defense of a private party Clean Water Act lawsuit are not allowable costs under...

Garcia-Aguilar v. US Dist. Court for the S. Dist. of California

Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies, Sentencing
Petitions for writ of mandamus challenging a district court's refusal to accept defendants' unconditional guilty pleas to their original indictments...

US v. Flores-Villar

Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law, Immigration Law
The circuit court rejects challenges under the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment's due process clause on the basis of age and gender...

Aguilera v. Alaska Juris F/V

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Family Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In the context of general maritime law and injured seamen, the circuit court rules that maintenance and cure payments are subject to withholding for...