United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

M&A Gabaee v. Community Redevelopment

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
The doctrine of Younger abstention applies when a parallel state-court proceeding has formally begun, even if the proceedings have not yet reached the...

Gospel Missions v. City of L.A.

Constitutional Law, Government Law
Defendant-City's charitable solicitation laws are not unconstitutionally vague and overbroad, and their application does not violate the Equal...

Dunlap v. Credit Prot. Ass'n

Debt Collection, Consumer Protection Law

US v. Williams

Criminal Law & Procedure
An officer may order a passenger, who voluntarily gets out of a lawfully stopped vehicle, back into the automobile without violating the passenger's...

US v. Fidler

Criminal Law and Procedure

Atty. Gen. of Guam v. Torres

Civil Procedure, Government Law, International Law
Plaintiff's suit, challenging the Guam International Airport Authority from retaining its own legal counsel to conduct civil litigation, is dismissed...

Diaz v. Gates

Injury and Tort Law, Constitutional Law

Louis v. US Dep't of Labor

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, seeking disclosure of documents by defendant-Department of Labor, is affirmed where defendant may rely on 5 U.S.C....

Kourtis v. Cameron

Civil Procedure, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
The creators of the yet-unproduced film, "The Minotaur," are not collaterally estopped from pursuing a copyright infringement claim against the...

US v. Hall

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
The Sixth Amendment right to confront testimonial witnesses, established in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), does not apply to the...