United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Myron v. Terhune

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
A district court's sua sponte dismissal of plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 prison condition claims is affirmed where: 1) classification of...

US v. Ingham

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence for conspiracy to distribute marijuana is affirmed over claims of error that: 1) the district court erred in failing to resolve a...

Stephanie-Cardona LLC v. Smith's Food & Drug Ctrs., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
In a matter arising from a contract dispute between a real estate development firm and a grocery store operator, an appeal from summary judgment for...

Bravo-Pedroza v. Gonzales

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
A petition for review of a removal order is granted where the Secretary of Homeland Security is barred by res judicata from initiating a second...

Morales-Izquierdo v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
A previously removed alien who reenters the country illegally is not entitled to a hearing before an immigration judge to determine whether to...

Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a class action suit by women employees against Wal-Mart alleging sexual discrimination under Title VII, certification of plaintiffs' class with...

US v. Lopez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine is affirmed where: 1) the district court properly denied a motion to...

Hale v. Norton

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case challenging an agency's regulation of plaintiffs' use of a trail crossing federally protected land to access their property, denial of their...

US v. Milwitt

Bankruptcy Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Landlord Tenant Law
The crime of bankruptcy fraud under 18 U.S.C. section 157 requires a specific intent to defraud an identifiable victim or class of victims of the...

Operating Eng'rs Local Union No. 3 v. Newmont Mining Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a labor dispute arising from the termination of an employee, summary judgment for a union in its action to compel arbitration under a now-expired...