United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Comedy Club, Inc. v. Improv W. Assocs.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Remedies, Trademark
In a dispute between the owner of the "Improv" and "Improvisation" trademarks, and the Comedy Club company, an order confirming an arbitration award...

Inouye v. Kemna

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging violations of plaintiff's First Amendment rights by his parole officer by requiring him to attend...

Stoner v. Santa Clara County Office of Educ.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
School districts in California, including county offices of education, are arms of the state, and therefore not "persons" subject to qui tam liability...

Buono v. Kempthorne

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In proceedings arising from Congress' efforts to transfer via-exchange with a private organization a piece of land in an area of the Mojave National...

US v. Atalig

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law, White Collar Crime
A conviction for conspiracy to submit false claims to the U.S. and making false statements arising from defendant's submission of applications for...

US v. Abbouchi

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In the context of customs officials' border search authority and the reasonable suspicion requirement, customs inspections conducted at UPS regional...

Van Duyn v. Baker Sch. Dist. 5J

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
When a school district does not perform exactly as called for by an individualized educational program (IEP), the district does not violate the...

Zila, Inc. v. Tinnell

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a dispute arising from defendant's agreement with a company in which he assigned all rights in his invention to the company in return for royalty...

Am. Fed. of Gov't Employees Local 1 v. Stone

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a union and employee against the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration alleging it violated their First...

US v. Mitchell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Indian Law, Sentencing
A conviction and death sentence for first degree murder, felony murder, carjacking resulting in death, and related offenses is affirmed over claims of...