United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

San Jose Charter v. City of San Jose

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, denial of defendant-police officers' motions for qualified immunity is affirmed where the unlawfulness of...

Bosley Med. Inst. v. Kremer

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
The noncommercial use of a trademark as the domain name of a website, the subject of which is consumer commentary about the products and services...

US v. Gunning

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for a wire fraud conviction is vacated and remanded where he was improperly denied allocution at sentencing.

Chamberlan v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions

Burlington N. v. USDC-MT

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Evidence
In an action alleging intentional dumping of toxic materials, the district court did not err in ordering plaintiff to produce documents as to which it...

Insyxiengmay v. Morgan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of plaintiff's habeas petition is reversed where the district court incorrectly dismissed his claims on the ground that they were...

Watec Co. v. Liu

Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a contract dispute, a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff is affirmed where there is substantial evidence to support the jury's findings that an...

Kalal v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is denied where she entered the United States on a K-1 visa and failed to abide by its restrictions.

Taylor v. Westly

Constitutional Law, Securities Law
The Eleventh Amendment does not bar the claims of persons who want to get back stock that was escheated to the state.

McNeil v. Middleton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defendant's due process right to present a complete defense was not violated when the trial court incorrectly instructed the jury that the evidence of...