United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

LOLONG v. GONZALES

Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is granted where compelling evidence establishes that plaintiff has a well-founded fear of future persecution on...

MANSHARDT v. FED. JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMM.

Constitutional Law, Government Law
A private right of action is not available under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

THOMAS v. FRY'S ELEC.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law

TURNEY v. PUGH

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed over his claim that the Alaska jury tampering statute under which he was...

MONDERO v. SALT RIVER PROJECT

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a gender discrimination suit, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where plaintiff failed to demonstrate that defendant-employer's...

KASNECOVIC v. GONZALES

Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is denied where substantial evidence supports the immigration judge's adverse credibility determination.

WHISNANT v. US

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's Federal Tort Claims Act(FTCA) suit, alleging negligence in the government's operation of a commissary on a naval base, is...

RECINOS DE LEON v. GONZALES

Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is granted where the immigration judge's incomprehensible opinion cannot be reviewed without violating basic...

US v. GARCIA

Criminal Law & Procedure
Aiding and abetting is not a separate offense from the substantive offenses of alien smuggling and transportation of aliens, but rather a different...

EEOC v. PEABODY W. COAL CO.

Civil Procedure, Indian Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging discrimination against non-Navajo Native Americans based on a Navajo hiring preference, the Navajo Nation is a necessary party to...