United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Qwest Communications, Inc. v. City of Berkeley

Communications Law, Government Law, Remedies
Summary judgment ruling that plaintiff-municipality's Interim Telecommunication Carriers Ordinance involving telecommunications infrastructure work is...

Kelava v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is denied where the Board of Immigration Appeals properly concluded that he was ineligible for a discretionary waiver...

US v Allen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for counterfeiting is reversed in part where the district court did not make the proper findings in considering an enhancement...

Lin v. Gonzales

Evidence, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of an asylum claim is granted where the immigration judge's adverse credibility was not supported by substantial...

Burnett v. Resurgent Capital Servs.

Bankruptcy Law
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's reversal of bankruptcy court's disallowance of three claims asserted by defendant-creditor in plaintiffs-debtors'...

Doe v. Rumsfeld

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
Denial of plaintiff-soldier's petition for writs of habeas corpus and mandamus is affirmed in a constitutional and statutory challenge to the...

US v. Alferahin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Defendant's conviction for knowingly procuring naturalization contrary to law is reversed where a submission of incomplete jury instructions was plain...

Tuazon v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Denial of defendant-tobacco company's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and on grounds of forum non conveniens is affirmed in a case...

Affordable Hous. Dev. Corp. v. City of Fresno

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment for defendants, a municipality and individuals, on various discrimination claims regarding a city council's disapproval of certain bonds...

LGS Architects, Inc. v. Concordia Homes of Nevada

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Copyright, Intellectual Property
Denial of a preliminary injunction for plaintiff, architectural firm, to prohibit defendant, a client, from using plaintiff's copyrighted designs on...