United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Hayward v. Centennial Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets
In an insurance coverage dispute regarding defense of underlying contract and trade secret claims, summary judgment for defendant-insurer is affirmed...

Mpoyo v. Litton Electro-Optical Sys.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal based on res judicata of plaintiff's Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claims against his former...

Living Designs, Inc. v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Evidence, Product Liability
Grant of judgment on the pleadings and summary judgment for defendant are reversed on claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations...

US v. W.R. Grace & Co.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Summary and declaratory judgments on liability and award of costs to the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) are affirmed in a challenge to its...

Gu v. Gonzales

Evidence, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of petitioner's application for asylum is denied where the record does not compel a conclusion that petitioner either...

US v. Gonzalez

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Defendant's conviction following his guilty plea to being a deported alien found in the United States without permission is affirmed where defendant...

US v. Lombera-Valdovinos

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Defendant's conviction for attempted illegal reentry is reversed where defendant lacked the requisite specific intent for the crime since defendant...

Padilla v. Lever

Civil Rights, Elections, Government Law
Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act applies to recall petitions circulated pursuant to California law, therefore dismissal of plaintiff's suit...

US v. Truckee-Carson Irrigation Dist.

Government Law, Indian Law, Water Law
In a case involving efforts by plaintiff, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, to apply some of its water rights to instream use rather than...

Barroso v. Gonzales

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Where an alien files a timely motion to reconsider before his voluntary departure period has expired, his voluntary departure period is automatically...