United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Brazzel v. State of Washington

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a habeas appeal arising from petitioner's retrial on an attempted murder charge, after his first jury remained silent on that charge and convicted...

Sarei v. Rio Tinto, PLC

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, International Trade, Military Law
In an Alien Tort Claims Act suit brought by current or former residents of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea against an international mining company...

US v. Gamba

Criminal Law & Procedure
Where the decision is one of trial tactics or legal strategy, defense counsel may waive a criminal defendant's right to have an Article III judge...

Stilwell v. Smith & Nephew, Inc

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action setting forth claims based on strict liability, negligence, and breach of warranty against a manufacturer of certain nails used to...

Hood v. Encinitas Union Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Health Law
In an action brought by parents and their child claiming a school district violated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) by refusing...

Nat'l Wildlife Fed. v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Remedies, Water Law
In an environment dispute involving salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a district court's decision rejecting a 2004...

Consejo de Desarrollo Economico de Mexicali, A.C. v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, International Law, Water Law
In a dispute over a Bureau of Reclamation project to build a concrete-lined canal to replace an unlined portion of the All-American Canal, an...

Paolini v. Albertson's Inc.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an action brought against former employer-Albertson's and a plan administrator challenging decisions regarding the company's stock-based incentive...

Wiersma v. Bank of the West

Agriculture, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In a Chapter 11 bankruptcy matter in which debtors, former dairy farmers, appealed a decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP), the BAP's...

Sentry Select Ins. v. Royal Ins. Co. of Am.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit seeking indemnification from defendant-insurer after settlement of a Jones Act suit brought by an injured employee, summary judgment for...