United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Garcia-Ramirez v. Gonzales

Immigration Law

Sasson v. Sokoloff

Bankruptcy Law
A bankruptcy court has subject matter jurisdiction to enter a money judgment in a nondischargeability adversary proceeding where the underlying debt...

Preminger v. Principi

Administrative Law, Elections, Government Law, Remedies
Denial of plaintiffs' preliminary injunction, challenging their exclusion from the Department of Veterans' Affairs' premises when they tried to...

Dow Chem. Co. v. Calderon

Civil Procedure, International Law
Plaintiff-chemical company's suit against Nicaraguan citizens, seeking a declaration that it is not liable for any injuries to the Nicaraguans caused...

US v. Carter

Criminal Law & Procedure
For purposes of US Sentencing Guideline section 2K2.1(b)(4), a firearm's serial number is altered or obliterated when it is materially changed in a...

Benton v. Oregon Student Assistance Comm'n

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action, an award of attorney's fees and costs to plaintiff is reversed where, even though she was awarded nominal damages, her...

Natural Res. Def. Council v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
A fishing limit for darkblotched rockfish set by defendant is reversed where it was based on an impermissible construction of the Magnuson-Stevens...

US v. Weiland

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for illegal possession firearms and ammunition is affirmed over his claim that the warrant that authorized the search of his...

Arnold v. Runnels

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's Fifth Amendment rights were violated when the trial court admitted a tape recording of certain utterances he made during an interrogation...

Hawthorne v. Reliance Ins. Co.

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
The McCarran-Ferguson Act does not bar the federal diversity statute, 28 U.S.C. section 1332, from preempting Pennsylvania's rehabilitation and...