United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Wah Chang v. Duke Energy Trading & Mktg., LLC

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Oil and Gas Law
In an electricity purchaser's action against energy companies arising out of the energy crisis of 2000-2001, and seeking to recover damages because of...

Fisher v. City of San Jose

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming constitutional violations stemming from a twelve-hour standoff at plaintiff's apartment between him and a...

Gardner v. UICI

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action against defendants raising numerous causes of action based on the sale of the health insurance coverage, an award of fees and costs to...

Grigoryan v. Keisler

Immigration Law
Armenian citizen's petition for review of a denial of her motion to reopen removal proceedings on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel is...

US v. Garcia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The circuit court lacks jurisdiction to review a sentence within the range agreed to in a Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1)(C) plea agreement.

Al-Haramain Islamic Found. v. Bush

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Government Law, International Law, Military Law
In a suit brought by a designated terrorist organization and two of its attorneys against President Bush, other agencies, and officials, arising from...

Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Nat'l Highway Traffic Safety Admin.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
States' and public interest organizations' petition for review of a rule issued by the NHTSA setting corporate average fuel economy tandards for light...

Scheehle v. Justices of the Supreme Court of Arizona

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an action brought by an Arizona tax lawyer challenging as an unconstitutional taking the Arbitrator Appointment System of an Arizona county,...

Sissoko v. Rocha

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Immigration Law
In an action brought raising Fourth Amendment-based damages claim for false arrest, summary judgment for plaintiff is affirmed in part, but vacated in...

California Pro-Life Council, Inc. v. Randolph

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In California Pro-Life Council's action challenging certain provisions of California's Political Reform Act (PRA), including the PRA's definition of...