United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Salazar-Gonzalez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction for being found in the U.S. without the consent of the Attorney General is affirmed over a claim of error regarding jury...

Abatie v. Alta Health & Life Ins. Co.

Evidence, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, ERISA
In ERISA cases in which a conflict of interest exists for the plan administrator, abuse of discretion review, tempered by skepticism commensurate with...

P.N. v. Seattle Sch. Dist., No. 1

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Education Law
The definition of "prevailing party" set forth by the Supreme Court in Buckhannon Bd. & Care Home, Inc. v. W. Va. Dep't of Health & Human...

M. Cutter Co., Inc. v. Carroll

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An employer's petition for review of a decision holding it liable for 24-hour attendant care for claimant under the Longshore and Harbor Workers-...

Bass v. County of Butte

Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
The 1992 and 1996 amendments to California's Unruh Civil Rights Act (Unruh Act) and the Disabled Persons Act (DPA) incorporate into the Unruh Act and...

Taylor v. Lewis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a habeas case, it was not an unreasonable application of federal constitutional law for a California state court to decide that a "three strikes"...

Dreiling v. Am. Express Co.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law
Dismissal of a complaint claiming that defendant violated Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act by engaging in a short-swing trade in a company's stock as...

Unified W. Grocers, Inc. v. Twin City Fire Ins. Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for an insurance company in a coverage dispute is reversed where: 1) the district court erred in finding no genuine issue as to...

Electro Source, LLC v. Brandess-Kalt-Aetna Group, Inc.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark dispute, a summary judgment determination of abandonment and trademark cancellation was not appropriate when the record supported an...

Hovey v. Ayers

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking relief from a conviction and death sentence for first degree murder during the course of a...