United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Cleghorn v. Blue Shield of Cal.

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for reimbursement of medical services fees, plaintiff's California state court claim, alleging that defendant violated an emergency care...

US v. Navarro-Vargas

Criminal Law & Procedure
The district court's denial of defendant's motions to dismiss his indictment is affirmed over his claim that the district court misinstructed the...

Virachack v. Univ. Ford

Consumer Protection Law
In an action under the Truth in Lending Act, summary judgment in favor of defendant-automobile dealership is affirmed where the district court...

US v. Nobriga

Criminal Law and Procedure, Sentencing

Campbell v. Rice

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's petition for habeas corpus is affirmed where the state court's determination that he did not receive ineffective assistance of...

US v. Brailey

Criminal Law & Procedure
Under federal law, a conviction for a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence makes firearm possession a federal crime.

Guzman-Andrade v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Aliens denied temporary or permanent resident status by the INS, under the legalization program of the Immigration Reform and Control Act, retain the...

Yakutat, Inc. v. Gutierrez

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
The National Marine Fisheries Service's amendment to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands fishery management plan was not arbitrary and capricious and...

Greg v. DRR, Inc.

Labor & Employment Law
Under the Fair Labor and Standards Act, finance and insurance managers of retail automobile dealerships are not entitled to overtime pay for hours...

Ingle v. Circuit City

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment dispute, denial of defendant's petition to compel arbitration is affirmed where the parties' arbitration agreement was procedurally...