United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Betts

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A former major credit reporting agency employee's sentence for conspiracy involving a bribery scheme is vacated in part as to the imposition of...

Global Horizons, Inc. v. US Dep't of Labor

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action brought by a labor contractor that provides temporary alien agricultural workers to U.S. farmers pursuant to the H-2A worker program,...

Toufighi v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Iranian citizen's petition for review of a denial of his motion to reopen his claims for asylum and withholding of removal is denied where: 1) a...

US v. Moreland

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction, sentence, and restitution order for mail and wire fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit those offenses are affirmed over...

Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Internet Solutions for Business, Inc.

Civil Procedure, International Law, Securities Law
A defendant moving to vacate a default judgment based on improper service of process, where the defendant had actual notice of the original proceeding...

Byrd v. Lewis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a habeas corpus petition challenging petitioner's jury conviction for unlawfully taking a vehicle is reversed in part where a state court's...

Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a class action suit by women employees against Wal-Mart alleging sexual discrimination under Title VII, certification of plaintiffs' class with...

Sparkman v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Tax Law
A decision upholding a notice of deficiency with respect to certain tax years is affirmed over taxpayer's claims that the tax court erred in: 1)...

Humanitarian Law Project v. Mukasey

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a suit challenging the constitutionality of portions of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) and its 2004 amendment, a partial...

Hale v. US Trustee

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In an appeal brought by an attorney, arising after a bankruptcy court found he failed to honor his legal and ethical obligations in assisting certain...