United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
An order, pursuant to a newspaper's request, unsealing pleadings and documents in an underlying suit by a police detective claiming retaliation by a...

Wall Data Inc. v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dep't

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Copyright, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Evidence, Government Law, Intellectual Property
Orders entering final judgment following a jury trial against a sheriff's department and awarding a software company attorneys' fees and costs in a...

US v. Diaz-Argueta

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
A sentence for illegally reentering the United States following deportation is vacated pursuant to a claim that the district court failed to take into...

Conrad v. US

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Gaming Law, Injury & Tort Law, Tax Law
In a Federal Tort Claims action involving an unsuccessful prosecution of a police officer on illegal gambling charges, summary judgment and judgment...

Moran v. Selig

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants on Title VII and battery claims brought by former professional baseball players alleging racial discrimination in the...

Morris v. Ylst

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Defendant's convictions in a capital murder case are affirmed over claims of alleged failure of the prosecution to turn over material exculpatory...

Fargo v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Debt Collection, Government Law, Tax Law
A tax court decision holding that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue did not abuse his discretion by rejecting taxpayers' offer to pay $7,500 in...

US v. Torres-Hernandez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
In the context of Sixth Amendment fair cross-section claims, a district court need not and may not take into account Hispanics who are ineligible for...

Crowley Marine Servs. Inc. v. Maritrans Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Transportation
In a dispute arising from the collision between an oil tanker and tug boat, a judgment favoring the tanker operator is reversed where the district...

US v. Marcial-Santiago

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Defendants' sentences for being illegal aliens found in the United States after deportation is affirmed over their claims that the disparity between...