United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Swartz v. KPMG LLP

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
In a suit arising out of a failed tax shelter, which defendants allegedly sold to plaintiff, dismissal of claims against defendants is reversed in...

US v. Blanton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The Fifth Amendment's Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits the government from appealing a district court's allegedly erroneous denial of an Armed Career...

Don v. Gonzales

Evidence, Immigration Law
Denial of Sri Lankan petitioners' applications for asylum and related relief based on alleged persecution by the Tamil Tigers terrorist group and a...

US v. Sales

Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
Conditions of supervised release imposed on defendant as part of his sentence for counterfeiting U.S. federal reserve notes are vacated in part and...

Nguyen v. Garcia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of habeas relief in an attempted first degree murder case is affirmed where a California court's decision not to apply certain case precedent,...

Walton v. US Marshals Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against the U.S. Marshals Service under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 alleging plaintiff was unlawfully discharged due to her hearing...

Arakaki v. Lingle

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
On remand from the Supreme Court of a suit against Hawaiian agencies, state officers, and the U.S. alleging that various state programs preferentially...

Benitez v. Garcia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, International Law, Sentencing
Denial of a petition for habeas corpus challenging a life sentence for murder following petitioner's extradition to the U.S. from Venezuela is...

Engquist v. Oregon Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
The class-of-one theory of equal protection is not applicable to decisions made by public employers. Also, there is substantive due process protection...

US v. Ross

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A supervised release condition imposed on defendant following his conviction for making a false statement or representation regarding the acquisition...