United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Castillo

Criminal Law & Procedure
In an en banc review of a conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon, the panel's dismissal of the appeal for lack of jurisdiction is remanded...

Petrone v. Malone

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a class action on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased publicly traded securities of VERITAS Software Corp., an order of the district...

US v. Figueroa-Ocampo

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for being a deported alien found in the U.S. is vacated and remanded where, under the Supreme Court's recent decision in Lopez v. Gonzales,...

OR Natural Res. Council Fund v. Timber Prods. Co.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge to a BLM plan to log protected land after a forest fire, an order granting a permanent injunction against the implementation of the...

Golden Pisces, Inc. v. Fred Wahl Marine Constr., Inc.

Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Construction, Contracts
In a breach of contract suit regarding repairs to a ship, denial of plaintiffs' motion for attorneys' fees is affirmed where, under the American Rule,...

Hamilton Materials Inc. v. Union Carbide Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging fraud in relation to the manufacture of asbestos-based products, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) a...

Vacation Village, Inc. v. Clark County

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an inverse condemnation action alleging that height and use restrictions constituted takings, judgment for defendants is remanded where, under the...

Winzer v. Hall

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is reversed and remanded where the state courts unreasonably applied federal law by declaring that a...

Muradin v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of an order of removal is reversed where the IJ did not address petitioner's claim that he was persecuted because he belonged to a...

Poland v. Chertoff

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a former government employee alleging age discrimination, retaliation and constructive discharge, judgment for plaintiff on the...