United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

MCEUIN v. CROWN EQUIP. CORP.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability suit against a forklift manufacturer, the district court did not err in refusing introduction of 1) military forklift design...

VERNAZZA v. SEC. & EXCH. COMM'N

Securities Law
SEC findings, that investment advisers and associates falsely represented that they received no referral fees and had no financial interest in any...

G.C. v. WILSON

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Sanctions
Federal law governed confirmability of an arbitration award, and the district court did not err failing to consider legality of a franchise agreement...

KIRTLEY v. RAINEY

Civil Rights, Family Law, Government Law
A state-appointed guardian ad litem's function, as articulated in a Washington state statute, did not qualify as state action for purposes of a 42...

FREUND v. NYCOMED AMERSHAM

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
After wrongful termination in violation of California public policy, where plaintiff made bona fide safety complaints, an award of compensatory...

US v. ETIMANI

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Under 18 U.S.C. section 3509, setting the procedure by which an alleged child victim can testify, a television monitor projecting the defendant's...

MOE v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Psychological injury accompanied by physical injury, regardless of the order in which they occur, is within the scope of the Federal Employees'...

MCNEELY v. BLANAS

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A habeas petitioner's constitutional speedy trial rights were violated where he had been in custody since April 1998 without a preliminary hearing or...

US v. MCKENNA

Criminal Law & Procedure
Perjury and false declarations convictions were supported by sufficient evidence where government proved materiality of two statements, another was...

LUCAS v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Labor & Employment Law
Under the heightened duty of fair dealing applicable to a union's operation of an exclusive hiring hall, the NLRB's conclusion that a union's refusal...