United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Lewis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence is remanded pursuant to US v. Ameline, 409 F.3d 1073 (9th Cir. 2005).

Nat'l Wildlife Fed. v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv.

Environmental Law, Administrative Law, Remedies

Thorman v. Am. Seafoods Co.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a wage dispute, dismissal of plaintiff-fish processor's suit is affirmed where his claims are time-barred because the contractual six-month limit...

M2 Software, Inc. v. Madacy Entm't.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark infringement dispute, a jury verdict in favor of defendant is affirmed where plaintiff failed to demonstrate that the "M2...

Arakaki v. Apoliona

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax Law
A challenge to the appropriation of tax revenue to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs does not raise a nonjusticiable political question.

Fowler v. Sacramento County

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is reversed where he was improperly precluded from cross-examining his accuser in violation...

Abatie v. Alta Heath & Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Defendant-insurance company did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff's claim for life insurance benefits for the death of her husband.

Prasoprat v. Benov

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed over his claim that the extradition court should have denied his extradition on...

US v. Strobehn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for bank robbery with forced accompaniment is affirmed over his claim that the evidence was insufficient to prove the forced...

US v. Sanders

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for bank robbery is vacated where it violated US v. Booker, 125 S.Ct. 738 (2005).