United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

UNIONBANCAL CORP. v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law, Tax Law
A temporary tax regulation governing sales between controlled group members (corporations with interlocking ownerships) was not inconsistent with 26...

DOE v. UNOCAL CORP.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law
Myanmar villagers' Alien Tort Claims Act claims for forced labor, murder, and rape were actionable against a U.S. corporation on a theory that it...

HUMBLE v. BOEING CO.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
An injured employee's Washington state law reasonable accommodation claim is not preempted by section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act.

CULVER, L.L.C. v. CHIU

Bankruptcy Law, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
The lien-avoidance provision of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. section 522(f)(1), allows that a debtor need not have an interest in property to avoid...

US v. ARELLANO-TORRES

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Immigration Law
An illegal reentry defendant's 1999 Nevada conviction for simple drug possession is an aggravated felony under U.S.S.G. section 2L1.2 and 8 U.S.C....

IDAHO SPORTING CONGRESS, INC. v. RITTENHOUSE

Environmental Law
Timber sales must be set aside where a forest land and resource management plan standard for maintaining the viability of old growth dependent species...

VALERIO v. CRAWFORD

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
An aggravating circumstances jury instruction at a capital penalty phase was unconstitutional, and error was not cured under Walton v. Arizona, 497...

LOS ANGELES NEWS SERV. V. CBS BROAD., INC.

Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
Admissible evidence could lead a reasonable jury to conclude that a satellite news service infringed a copyright on videotaped footage, but a...

CAVANAUGH v. U.S. DIST. COURT FOR THE N. DIST. OF CALIFORNIA (BARTON)

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
District court improperly disregarded the presumption that plaintiff with the largest financial stake in litigation under the Private Securities...

CMTY. ASS'N FOR RESTORATION OF THE ENV'T v. HENRY BOSMA DAIRY

Environmental Law
A 60-day notice letter adequately notified defendants of alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) under the CWA's citizen suit provision, and...