United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Rose v. Mayberg

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
Denial of a habeas petition challenging petitioner's involuntary commitment as a sexually violent predator (SVP) pursuant to California's Sexually...

US v. Lyons

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing, Tax-exempt Organizations, White Collar Crime
Defendants' convictions for mail fraud and money laundering are affirmed where the government did not violate the First Amendment by introducing...

US v. Carty

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Indian Law, Sentencing
Post-Booker, when imposing a sentence, a district court must provide on the record some articulation of its consideration of the 18 U.S.C. section...

Weaver v. Palmateer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A grant of a writ of habeas corpus in connection with rape and sodomy convictions is reversed where a state court's application of the Supreme Court's...

US v. Estrada

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for possessing pseudoephedrine knowing, or with reasonable cause to believe, that it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine is...

Sentry Select Ins. Co. v. Fidelity & Guar.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Transportation
The following question is certified to the Supreme Court of California: What is the appropriate test for determining whether an insured is "engaged in...

U.S. v. Estrada

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction for possession of pseudoephedrine knowing, or with reasonable cause to believe, that it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine is...

Zehatye v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
A petition for review of a denial of an application for asylum and withholding of removal based on petitioner's status as a Jehovah's Witness is...

Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Cyberspace.com LLC

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, False Advertising, International Law, International Trade, Remedies
A certain mail solicitation for internet service, which included a solicitation check, was deceptive as a matter of law within the meaning of the...

Dubois v. Ass'n of Apartment Owners of 2987 Kalakaua

Civil Rights, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for a condominium association and related individuals and entities is affirmed where a claim that defendants discriminated against...