United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Zolotukhin v. Gonzales

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is granted where his hearing did not comport with due process.

Doe v. Kamehameha Sch.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
A private, nonsectarian, commercially operated school, which receives no federal funds, may not purposefully exclude a student qualified for admission...

US v. Austin

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's appeal of the district court's interlocutory order, permitting disclosure of communications that occurred outside the presence of counsel,...

Sanchez v. Johnson

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Developmentally disabled recipients of Medicaid funds and their service providers do not have a private right of action against state officials to...

Gaston v. Palmer

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court erred when it held that plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus was time-barred under the statute of limitations of the...

Singh v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Plaintiff has not established that the Board of Immigration Appeals' regulations, authorizing summary dismissal for failure to either file a brief or...

Warsoldier v. Woodford

Criminal Law & Procedure, Indian Law, Remedies
In a suit challenging a prison hair grooming policy, denial of plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction is reversed where he has established a...

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

Environmental Law, Water Law

Wang v. Masaitis

Constitutional Law, International Law
Under the Treaty Clause of the Constitution, the United States may enter into a "treaty" with a non-sovereign entity such as Hong Kong.

US v. Thomasian

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms properly classified a Sentinel Arms Striker-12 shotgun as a "destructive device" under the National...