United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Rose v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a California Unfair Competition Law action brought on behalf of an ostensible class of California holders of credit cards issued by Chase, arising...

Newcal Indus., Inc. v. IKON Office Solution

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
In an action brought by lessors of copier equipment against IKON alleging it engaged in an ongoing scheme to defraud its customers via certain...

Jackson v. Brown

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of habeas relief for petitioner as to his convictions for burglary and murder, and a grant of conditional relief as to special circumstances...

Vizcarra-Ayala v. Mukasey

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
California Penal Code section 475(c) encompasses conduct involving real, unaltered documents and thus is not categorically an offense "relating to ......

Estrada v. Scribner

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a habeas petition for a new trial after petitioner's conviction in California state court for, inter alia, second-degree murder is affirmed...

Shakur v. Schriro

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action alleging prison officials violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, the Free Exercise Clause, and the Equal...

US v. Approximately $1.67 Million (US) in Cash

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an appeal brought by a twice-convicted drug smuggler and trafficker who had on deposit in certain Cayman Island bank accounts $1.67 million in...

Price v. Sery

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging, inter alia, that police officers unconstitutionally used deadly force for which defendant-City was...

Lowden v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a class action brought by two consumers of T-Mobile's cellular phone service raising contract and state consumer protection law claims, denial of...

Greene v. Solano County Jail

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action brought by a former maximum security prisoner claiming that a jail's policy of prohibiting maximum security prisoners from participating...