United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Cornejo v. County of San Diego

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, International Law
Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations does not create judicially enforceable rights that may be vindicated by an individual in an...

Stenson v. Lambert

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of habeas relief from a conviction and death sentence for the first-degree murders of petitioner's wife and business partner is affirmed as: 1)...

Collins v. D.R. Horton

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment contract dispute arising from an employer's refusal to honor plaintiff-former employees' severance packages, denial of former...

Pintos v. Pac. Creditors Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In an action brought claiming defendant-collection agency violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by obtaining, without any FCRA-sanctioned...

Washington v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan

Contracts, ERISA, Sports Law
In an ERISA action brought by a former NFL player involving an earlier settlement agreement of his challenge to a denial of claims for reclassified...

In re: Healthcentral.com

Bankruptcy Law, Health Law
Summary judgment in favor of the responsible individual for a group of consolidated debtors avoiding several payments made to appellant-creditor is...

Kay v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Government Law
In an action arising from the denial of a conditional use permit for plaintiff who wanted to use pre-existing amateur antennae on the roof of a house...

Alaska Right to Life Political Action Comm. v. Feldman

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an action brought by a PAC against members of the Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct and members of the state bar's Disciplinary Commission...

Redding v. Safford Unified Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Health Law
In a minor's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging defendants violated her Fourth Amendment rights by conducting a warrantless search of her person...

Yetiv v. US Dep't of Housing & Urban Dev.

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
Petition for review of an administrative decision of the HUD imposing civil monetary penalties on petitioners for a failure to provide HUD with...