United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. LOPEZ-ARMENTA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's challenge to the district court's denial of his motion to suppress is dismissed since he waived his right to appeal pretrial...

GERLING GLOBAL REINSURANCE CORP. v. WINTERTHUR INT'L

Attorney's Fees
In an action to bar enforcement of the Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act, the district court erred when it held that plaintiffs were not...

MEYERS v. REDWOOD CITY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 suit alleging unlawful search and seizure, the district court's denial of summary judgment is reversed where defendant-police...

MOHAMMED v. GONZALES

Immigration Law
An attorney's failure to raise the issue of genital mutilation to a child constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel sufficient to warrant a...

CAL STATE LEGISLATIVE BD. v. DEP'T OF TRANSP.

Government Law, Transportation
The Federal Railroad Administration may exclude hotels and motels from regulation under the Hours of Service law for railroad operating employees.

BARAPIND v. ENOMOTO

Criminal Law and Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law

SKOKOMISH INDIAN TRIBE v. US

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
An Indian tribe cannot bring claims against the United States, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, for violation of a treaty.

QU v. GONZALES

Immigration Law
An individual who has suffered involuntary sterilization in accordance with a country's coercive population control policy, either directly or because...

NAHRVANI v. GONZALES

Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is denied where substantial evidence supports the Immigration Judge's determination that plaintiff was firmly...

PHAM v. TERHUNE

Criminal Law, Habeas Corpus