United States Ninth Circuit - Opinion Summaries

EASON v. CLARK COUNTY SCH. DIST.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
A county school district was not an "arm of the state" entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity, thus state and federal claims alleging abuse,...

GREENE v. HENRY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's grant of habeas relief on an ineffective assistance of counsel claim was improper, where no evidence which petitioner claims counsel...

BENSON v. TERHUNE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of habeas relief was proper in a prisoner's claim that jail staff medicated her with mind-altering drugs before and during her trial, without...

AEROCON ENG'G, INC. v. SILICON VALLEY BANK

Intellectual Property, Copyright
The California Uniform Commercial Code governs perfection and priority of security interests in a debtor's unregistered copyrights, and is not...

WILLIAMS v. WOODFORD

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a habeas petition was proper where no constitutional basis exists to disturb a first-degree murder and armed robbery convictions and a...

DOLE FOOD CO., INC. v. WATTS

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Personal jurisdiction existed over citizens and residents of European countries, in a California company's claim for fraudulent inducement into a...

BLAIR v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERV.

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law
A wage loss claim for injuries suffered during an arrest was sufficient to establish jurisdiction under the Federal Tort Claims Act, but a claim for...

PRINCE v. JACOBY

Constitutional Law, Education Law
A school district violated either the Equal Access Act or a student's First Amendment rights, by denying her Bible Club the same rights and benefits...

GERLING GLOBAL REINSURANCE CORP. OF AM. v. LOW

Insurance Law, International Law
The State of California may constitutionally require the disclosure of insurance claims-related information (about Holocaust-era policies) by an...

US v. LEOS-MALDONADO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Sufficient evidence of an attempted entry into the U.S. was shown where defendant took an overt act toward entry while under official restraint, and...