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Every decision we've filed under Summary Judgment.
The Ninth Circuit held that a petitioner's claim of derivative citizenship presents a genuine issue of material fact that cannot be resolved by the Board of Immigration Appeals. Consequently, the court transferred the case to the United States District Court for a de novo determination of the nationality claim.
The Seventh Circuit dismissed an appeal from a denial of qualified immunity because the case turned on genuine disputes over material facts. Appellate courts lack jurisdiction to resolve factual contests at the summary judgment stage, even when video evidence exists.
The Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded a wage-and-hour judgment against Jack in the Box, holding that the district court erred in granting summary judgment on the willfulness of Workers' Benefit Fund overdeductions. The panel also ruled that the employer must pay for the full duration of shortened meal breaks under Oregon law and remanded the shoe deduction claims for a jury to determine if the deductions ultimately benefited employees.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed that Montana lacks jurisdiction to enforce its 1975 Streambed Act against private landowners within Glacier National Park. The court held that because the United States acquired exclusive legislative jurisdiction in 1914, post-cession state statutes do not apply absent a same basic scheme exception.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment, holding that Montana lacks jurisdiction to enforce its 1975 Streambed Act against private inholdings within Glacier National Park. The court reasoned that because the United States acquired exclusive legislative jurisdiction over these lands in 1914, post-cession state statutes do not assimilate into federal law absent a same basic scheme.
The Ninth Circuit vacated summary judgment on a False Claims Act retaliation claim, ruling that an employer's refusal to renew a contract after an employee reported Medicaid fraud created a genuine dispute of material fact. The court held that a reasonable jury could find the nonrenewal was likely to deter protected activity and that the employer's stated reasons were pretextual.
The Eleventh Circuit reversed summary judgment against Forest River, Inc. while affirming it against Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation in a Florida Lemon Law dispute. The court held that statutory presumptions regarding repair attempts are not mandatory requirements, creating a genuine issue of material fact for Forest River that precludes summary judgment.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Baldwin County Board of Education, holding that Elnoria Howell failed to prove race discrimination under Title VII. The court found no evidence of pretext or disparate treatment sufficient to support a reasonable inference of unlawful discrimination.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for State Farm, holding that Colorado law requires an uninsured motorist's vehicle to be directly involved in an accident to trigger coverage. The court found that a pedestrian's independent decision to leave a broken-down vehicle and walk into a travel lane severed the causal chain between the vehicle's use and the resulting crash.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a title insurer, holding that the insurer properly denied coverage because the insured failed to act within a contractual deadline, causing its property rights to revert. The court ruled that the insured's deliberate inaction and subsequent sale of the property with known title defects fell squarely within a policy exclusion.