United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

HENDERSON v. CITY OF SIMI VALLEY

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law
Police officers' entry into a residence was reasonable under the definitive special needs exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement,...

MONTANA RIGHT TO LIFE ASS'N v. EDDLEMAN

Constitutional Law, Elections
Challenged provisions in Montana campaign finance reform measures are sufficiently tailored to achieve the important state interest of preventing...

IMMIGRANT ASSISTANCE PROJECT OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FED'N OF LABOR v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Immigration Law
In a challenge to INS policies in implementing the Immigration Control and Reform Act's legalization procedure, a second amended complaint was timely...

RENE v. MGM GRAND HOTEL, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
An employee's sexual orientation, and whether an alleged harasser is motivated by hostility based on sexual orientation, are irrelevant for purposes...

NAT'L AUDUBON SOC'Y, INC. v. DAVIS

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
In a challenge to a California proposition restricting the use of certain animal traps, California Fish & Game Code section 3003.1(c) is preempted...

S. CALIFORNIA EDISON CO. v. LYNCH

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Public Utilities
In an electric public utility provider's action against the California Public Utilities Commission, denials of motions to intervene were proper, and...

WYATT v. TERHUNE

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Procedure used by a magistrate deprived a pro se prisoner litigant of fair notice. The Prison Litigation Reform Act exhaustion requirement is not a...

ABASSI v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV.

Immigration Law, International Law
A pro se litigant's reference to "recent Country Reports," in a motion to reopen under the Convention Against Torture, is sufficient to require the...

U.S. WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. JENNINGS

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Contracts
FCC regulations implementing the Telecommunications Act of 1996, that went into effect after various interconnection agreements were arbitrated and...

WANDER v. KAUS

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
No federal question jurisdiction exists over a suit for damages under California's Disabled Persons Act, although that statute makes a violation of...