United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. ALPINE LAND & RESERVOIR CO.

Agriculture, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
District court erred in granting a blanket equitable exemption to intrafarm transfers of water rights, from operation of Nevada's forfeiture laws, but...

KARAM v. CITY OF BURBANK

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Appellant's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims, arising from charges in connection with refusal to leave a city council meeting, fail for lack of "seizure"...

CONNETT v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In appeal from denial of Social Security disability insurance and supplemental security income benefits, administrative law judge's (ALJ) discrediting...

NAT'L ASS'N OF HOME BUILDERS v. NORTON

Environmental Law
Although the Fish and Wildlife Service did not arbitrarily find the Arizona pygmy-owl to be discrete, it did arbitrarily find the discrete population...

TRADITIONAL CAT ASS'N. INC. v. GILBREATH

Attorney's Fees, Copyright, Intellectual Property
District court erred in limiting Copyright Act plaintiffs' recovery to fees attributable to copyright claims without first considering whether...

MERCADO v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Denial of a motion to remand an insurance bad faith action to state court is affirmed as the district court did not err in finding that a defendant...

KING v. ROE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus

DELHOMME v. RAMIREZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus

US v. RADMALL

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Resentencing on mail fraud, bank fraud, and perjury, which increased defendant's sentence from 12 to 42 months on bank fraud count, did not violate...

JOHNSON v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
The district court erred in denying summary judgment to a deputy, as his use of force while arresting plaintiff was objectively reasonable and he is...