United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Im v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of Cambodian petitioners' applications for asylum and related relief is granted where: 1) petitioner's acts of opening...

Womack v. Del Papa

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a habeas petition from a conviction and sentence for attempted murder with use of a deadly weapon, kidnapping, and forgery is affirmed over...

Emmert Indus. Corp. v. Artisan Assocs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
In a case involving contract claims arising from the parties' agreement for the transportation of industrial metal-stamping presses and press...

US v. Aukai

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In the context of airport screening searches, once a passenger enters the secured area of an airport, the constitutionality of a screening search does...

Cedars-Sinai Med. Ctr. v. Nat'l League of Postmasters of the US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law
In a suit brought by a hospital against defendant alleging that it had provided services to a patient insured by defendant's health care plan but that...

Giles v. Gen. Motors Acceptance Corp.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law
In cases raising tort and contract claims brought by owners and operators of car dealerships against General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC)...

US v. Garcia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District courts are not prohibited in all circumstances from considering a defendant's drug addiction in choosing a reasonable sentence.

Grocery Outlet Inc. v. Albertson's Inc.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a dispute between competitors in the retail grocery industry over the ownership and use of the LUCKY mark, a preliminary injunction granted in...

Hernandez de Anderson v. Gonzales

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a dismissal by the BIA of petitioner's appeal from an order of removal is granted where the BIA's holding, that she was...

Lockett v. Catalina Channel Express, Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law
In an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) action brought by a legally blind individual who uses a guide dog against a ferry operator arising from...