United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Carpenter v. Mineta

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Petition for review of an adverse decision on petitioner's challenge to a Federal Railroad Administration decision that petitioner was properly denied...

Brady v. Abbott Labs.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
Judgment for plaintiffs on negligence and nuisance claims regarding defendant's illegal removal of groundwater from their property and subsequent...

Espinoza-Matthews v. People of California

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus from his conviction on counts related to robbery as untimely is reversed since defendant...

US v. Ladwig

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A felony conviction for making a harassing telephone call under Washington state law is a predicate offense under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)...

Burnett v. Lampert

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Dismissal of defendant's challenge to defendant's deferrals of his scheduled parole release date is affirmed as moot where defendant's release on...

Josephs v. Pac. Bell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff on an employment discrimination claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is...

US v. Pacheco-Navarette

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Appeals from convictions and sentences following defendants' guilty pleas to being aliens in possession of a firearm are dismissed for lack of...

Ferrizz v. Giurbino

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of defendant's habeas corpus petition is affirmed over his claim that his state burglary and grand theft convictions violated due process...

Baranowicz v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Family Law, Tax Law
Appeal from a Tax Court determination that petitioner's former wife is entitled to innocent spouse relief under tax law is dismissed for lack of...

Kroske v. US Bank Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The dismiss-at-pleasure provision of the National Bank Act is repealed by implication to the extent necessary to give effect to the Age Discrimination...