United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Lambert

Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Indian Law, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
A sentence imposed following defendant's guilty plea to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. is affirmed where: 1) defendant's conduct, in misrepresenting...

US v. Hernandez-Acuna

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction and sentence for conspiracy and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute is affirmed where, under the circumstances of the...

Employers-Teamsters Local Nos. 175 & 505 Pension Trust Fund v. Anchor Capital Advisors

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Securities Law
An appeal brought by non-parties to an uncertified securities class action challenging an order granting lead plaintiff's motion to dismiss its claims...

Estrada-Espinoza v. Gonzales

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
In the context of immigration proceedings, a violation of California Penal Code section 261.5(c), one of California's statutory rape provisions,...

Babasa v. Lenscrafters, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a putative class action against Lenscrafters alleging various labor code violations, an order remanding the case to state court for failure to...

US v. Yida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
An order excluding the former trial testimony of a now-deported witness in defendant's retrial on drug-related charges is affirmed as: 1) adopting the...

In re: Hanford Nuclear Reservation Litig.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Product Liability
In an action brought by residents claiming that emissions from a plutonium-production facility operated by defendants caused various cancers and other...

US v. Seljan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Customs officials acting under authority of 31 U.S.C. section 5317(b) may search the full contents of any package, container or other object to be...

Gulla v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of Catholic Iraqi petitioner's request for asylum based on discretionary grounds is granted as the IJ abused his...

AmerisourceBergen Corp. v. Roden

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a contract suit brought by a successor company against the former CEO of the predecessor, dismissal the federal suit under the Younger abstention...