United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Jennings v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
ATF's denial of petitioners' application for renewal of their federal firearms license is affirmed where: 1) an "expungement" provided under...

US v. Berber-Tinoco

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
In a prosecution for unlawful re-entry into the U.S. after deportation, denial of defendant's motion to suppress statements and fingerprints which...

Nat'l Treasury Employees Union v. Fed. Labor Relations Auth.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
A union's petition for review is denied for the reasons given by the D.C. Circuit in Nat'l Treasury Employees Union v. Fed. Labor Relations Auth., 453...

Bradley v. Henry

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of habeas relief from a conviction for first degree murder, attempted carjacking, and a weapons offense is reversed where, contrary to a state...

US v. Zimmerman

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence which, inter alia, compelled defendant to give a blood sample for DNA testing pursuant to the Justice for All Act is vacated and remanded...

PAE Gov't Servs., Inc. v. MPRI, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
The fact that an amended complaint, or answer, contains an allegation that is apparently contrary to an earlier iteration of the same pleading does...

Iasu v. Smith

Immigration Law
A decision dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction Eritrean petitioner's challenge to his removability, and declining to transfer the...

K & N Eng'g, Inc. v. Bulat

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Trademark
An election of an award of statutory damages for trademark counterfeiting under 15 U.S.C. section 1117(c) precludes an award of attorney's fees under...

US v. Biagon

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a criminal case involving charges of conspiracy to steal valuable items, and theft of valuable items, found in U.S. mail bound for military...

Ditto v. McCurdy

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action brought by plaintiff seeking a judgment of non-dischargeability of defendant's debt under 11 U.S.C. section 523(a)(6) with regards to a...