United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Patel v. Del Taco, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
In a dispute involving the alleged breach of a franchise agreement in the restaurant industry, an order granting defendant-franchisor's motion to...

BP W. Coast Prods. LLC v. May

Commercial Law, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for plaintiff finding that it did not violate the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act when it sold its interests in gas facilities...

Pinard v. Clatskanie Sch. Dist. 6J

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
The standard for determining whether the First Amendment protects student speech, Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. C'mty Sch. Dist., 393 U.S. 503, 514...

Aguiluz-Arellano v. Gonzales

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
A petition for review of a final removal order is denied over a challenge to a finding that petitioner's conviction for being under the influence of a...

Berry v. Dep't of Soc. Servs.

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-public employer on constitutional and Title VII claims brought by an employee is affirmed where the public employer's...

E. & J. Gallo Winery v. Andina Licores S.A.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, International Law, International Trade
Denial of a preliminary injunction, sought by a California winery to enjoin a wine and liquor distributor headquartered in Ecuador from proceeding...

Int'l Chemical Workers Union Council v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case arising out of events that took place while a union and a company were in negotiations for a successor collective bargaining agreement, the...

Valley Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Riverside

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Government Law
Judgment as a matter of law for defendant-city on a challenge to its municipal billboard ordinance is reversed in part where, although plaintiff...

Jensen v. Pliler

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a habeas corpus petition challenging a conviction for first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder is affirmed where an unavailable...

Davis v. Woodford

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
A petition for a writ of habeas corpus from a sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm and evading a peace officer is granted pursuant to...