United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Guerrero v. RJM Acquisitions LLC

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
Communications directed only to a debtor's attorney, and unaccompanied by any threat to contact the debtor, are not actionable under the Fair Debt...

Dependable Highway Express, Inc. v. Navigators Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law, International Law, International Trade, Transportation
An order staying plaintiff's domestic contract dispute against an insurer pending resolution of arbitration proceedings in England is reversed as: 1)...

US v. Grigg

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A court reviewing the reasonableness of a stop to investigate a past misdemeanor (or other minor infraction) must assess the potential risk to public...

League of Residential Neighborhood Advocates v. City of Los Angeles

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In litigation brought by neighbors against a city arising from its agreement with an Orthodox Jewish congregation to allow it to operate a synagogue...

Gomez v. Gonzales

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
A denial of petitioners' motion for leave to file a late brief and denial of their application for cancellation of removal is remanded for...

Engine Mfrs. Ass'n v. S. Coast Air Quality Maint. Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Transportation
In a dispute over whether "Fleet Rules" enacted by a political subdivision of the State of California responsible for air pollution control in a...

Ghahremani v. Gonzales

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denials of Iranian native's motions to reconsider and reopen his immigration proceedings is denied as to the motion to...

Shroyer v. New Cingular Wireless Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a class action suit alleging plaintiffs suffered injuries as a result of the 2004 merger between Cingular Wireless and AT&T, an order...

Hulteen v. AT&T Corp.

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging AT&T's use of a facially discriminatory service credit policy to calculate employee pension and retirement benefits,...

Dist. Council No. 16 of the Int'l Union of Painters & Allied Trades v. B & B Glass, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In construction industry labor litigation brought by a union against a Texas company, grant of the company's motion to dismiss the union's petition to...