United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. US DEP'T OF COMMERCE

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
Commerce Secretary's interpretation of 13 U.S.C. section 195, as permitting him to consider accuracy as a component of feasibility of sampling in the...

CENT. DELTA WATER AGENCY v. US

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
Individual plaintiffs had standing to challenge a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's release of water, based on a credible threat of harm to crops, and...

AZER v. CONNELL

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law
A plaintiff is entitled to equitable tolling of a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim for wrongful withholding payments as part of a Medi-Cal fraud...

BEATY v. SELINGER

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
The doctrine of laches may apply as an affirmative defense to nondischargeability complaints brought under 11 U.S.C. section 523(a)(3)(B), where...

TANIGUCHI v. SCHULTZ

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
An equal protection claim fails where the INS has advanced a rational explanation for the difference in treatment between lawful permanent resident...

MCQUILLION v. DUNCAN

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
A prisoner is entitled to habeas relief on grounds that rescission of his parole date violated due process, where none of the "good cause" grounds for...

IDAHO WATERSHEDS PROJECT v. HAHN

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Remedies
An injunction on the Bureau of Land Management's issuance of grazing permits to cattle ranchers on federal lands, in violation of the National...

ALLEN v. ROE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Post-arrest statements and a gun used in a shooting were properly obtained under the "public safety exception" from New York v. Quarles, 467 U.S. 649,...

WALLIS v. PRINCESS CRUISES, INC.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Transportation
Recoverable damages for a passenger's death after a fall from a cruise ship will not be limited, where a contract clause's mere reference to the...

SMITH v. EDWARDS & HALE, LTD.

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Sanctions
Awards of 1) attorneys' to a Chapter 7 debtor's special counsel in a state court action, and 2) fees and costs to his chapter 11 counsel, were proper...