United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

HONOLULU JOINT APPRENTICESHIP & TRAINING COMM. OF UNITED ASS'N LOCAL UNION NO. 675

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
A union training program operator's action to enforce terms of an agreement with a trainee, seeking costs advanced under a scholarship loan agreement,...

KHATCHATRIAN v. CONTINENTAL CAS. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Under California insurance law, an "accidental" death must occur from external rather than natural causes, thus an insured's death from a stroke was...

FOLTZ v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

Civil Procedure
The district court abused its discretion in refusing to allow access to unfiled discovery materials from collateral litigation, where the court failed...

SHAVER v. OPERATING ENG'RS LOCAL 248 PENSION TRUST FUND

ERISA
Expenditure records sought by appellants were not "instruments" under ERISA, 29 U.S.C. section 1024(b)(4), and were not subject to disclosure...

DE LA FUENTE v. FED. DEPOSIT INS. CORP.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, White Collar Crime
The Board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation correctly found that twelve loans violated Federal Reserve Act Regulation O. Board's factual...

ZHENG v. ASHCROFT

Immigration Law, International Law
The Board of Immigration Appeals's interpretation of "acquiescence" under the United Nations Convention Against Torture, to require that government...

CELAYA v. HALTER

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In denying an application for supplemental security and disability benefits, the administrative law judge did not meet his obligation to develop the...

UNION PAC. R.R. CO. v. CALIFORNIA PUB. UTIL. COMM'N

Public Utilities, Transportation
California's regulations governing railroad track strength are preempted by the Federal Railroad Safety Act, but state regulations governing...

US v. MENDOZA-REYES

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ZHANG v. DEP'T OF LABOR & IMMIGRATION

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