United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Milne v. Slesinger

Contracts, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
Summary judgment for defendant in a dispute over copyright agreements to works involving "Winnie-the-Pooh" is affirmed where the district court...

Cuevas-Gaspar v. Gonzales

Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law, Immigration Law
For purposes of satisfying the seven-years continuous residence "after having been admitted in any status" requirement for cancellation of removal...

Sotelo v. Gonzales

Class Actions, Immigration Law
The Board of Immigration Appeals' denial of plaintiffs' motion to reopen deportation proceedings is affirmed over their claim that they were entitled...

In re: Cooper Commons

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Construction
A lender to a bankrupt condominium development may specify that post-petition loans it makes are to be used only for certain purposes. (Amended...

US v. Monzon

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime is reversed where the district court accepted...

Christensen v. Stevedoring Servs. of Am.

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's action to enforce an award of attorney's fees and costs pursuant to the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act is...

Gomes v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of claims for asylum or withholding of deportation is denied where there was no error in the Board of Immigration...

Brown v. Dillard's, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
When an employer enters into an arbitration agreement with its employees, it must itself participate in properly initiated arbitration proceedings or...

US v. Bailon-Santana

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction on drug related offenses is vacated due to an invalid jury waiver where the district court's finding that defendant's lawyer...

Tapia v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Being turned away at the border by immigration officials does not have the same effect as an administrative voluntary departure and does not itself...