United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Sprint Telephony PCS, L.P. v. County of San Diego

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Communications Law, Government Law
In a suit brought by wireless service providers to prevent San Diego County from enforcing its Wireless Telecommunications Facilities zoning...

Summers v. Schriro

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In the context of a petition for federal habeas corpus brought under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), an "of-right...

US v. Lopez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute is affirmed over a claim of erroneous denial of a motion to suppress where...

Polone v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
A judgment determining a taxpayer's liability for certain settlement proceeds is affirmed where payments he received after the effective date of...

Navajo Nation v. US Forest Serv.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Indian Law
In a case brought by Indian tribes challenging the Forest Service's approval of an expansion to a ski area's facilities on sacred Arizona mountain...

Robbins v. Carey

Criminal Law & Procedure
In the absence of a request from an unrepresented petitioner, a district court is not required to consider, sua sponte, the option of staying and...

McConnell v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
The Feres doctrine, which prohibits suit against the government for injuries that are incident to military service, bars appellants' civil suit...

San Francisco Baykeeper v. Cargill Salt Div.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Evidence, Water Law
In a citizen suit brought under the Clean Water Act (CWA) alleging defendant-salt maker discharged pollutants into "waters of the United States"...

Gambini v. Total Renal Care, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action setting forth Family Medical Leave Act and state discrimination law claims, denial of employee's motion seeking judgment as a matter of...

Sarausad v. Porter

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Grant of a petition for habeas corpus challenging convictions for second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder is affirmed where, although...