United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Diaz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of defendant's motion to suppress in a prosecution for drug and firearm related offenses is affirmed where agents, who had a valid arrest...

Pesnell v. Arsenault

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a matter arising from a dispute with the government over ownership of two million acres of land in California, raising RICO and other...

Moreno-Morante v. Gonzales

Family Law, Immigration Law
A United States citizen grandchild, in the lawful custody of non-citizen grandparents, does not meet the statutory definition of "qualifying relative"...

Williams v. Gover

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law, Indian Law
In an action arising from a previously terminated rancheria's decision to organize a tribal government and the resulting exclusion of plaintiffs from...

Lopez v. Schriro

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a petition for habeas relief in a first degree murder case is affirmed in part where the Arizona Supreme Court was not objectively...

US v. Hollis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction and sentence for distribution of cocaine base and maintaining drug-involved premises is affirmed over meritless contentions that: 1)...

Burnside v. Kiewit Pac. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by former and current employees of defendant alleging that they were never compensated for travel time between designated meeting...

US v. Rendon-Duarte

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of firearms are affirmed where: 1) although the district court erred in admitting "prior bad...

Johnson v. Aljian

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In the context of insider trading liability under the federal securities laws, in order to maintain a claim under Section 20A of the Exchange Act, a...

US v. Ankeny

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of an unregistered sawed-off shotgun are affirmed in part where,...