Daily Opinion Summaries for U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals - 04/12/2011

Daily Opinion Summaries U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals April 12, 2011 FindLaw.com Daily Opinion Summaries Newsletter Quick Links Cases & Codes Careers LawBrain Legal Market Center Lawyer Directory Lawyer Marketing Table of Contents LATEST SUMMARIES Agriculture, Labor & Employment Law • Bobadilla-German v. Bear Creek Orchards, Inc. Administrative Law, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing • Roberts v. Hartley • US v. Apodaca View FindLaw's new Case Summary Blog for U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. FindLaw's case summaries are copyrighted material and are not intended for republication without prior approval. You may, however, freely redistribute this e-mail in its entirety. To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. SPONSOR LATEST SUMMARIES Agriculture, Labor & Employment Law Bobadilla-German v. Bear Creek Orchards, Inc., No. 10-35205 In a labor dispute involving whether certain on-site housing costs of seasonal farm workers can be credited toward the minimum wage set by state statute, judgment of the district court is affirmed in part and vacated in part because on the facts of the case, on-site housing costs cannot be credited toward the minimum wage and where workers were entitled to pay the last workday, rather than the following day. Read more... Administrative Law, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing Roberts v. Hartley, No. 10-15760 In a dispute stemming from a successful petition for habeas relief, judgment of district court granting relief on the ground that parole board misapplied its standard for determining parole eligibility is reversed in light recent US Supreme Court decision in Swarthout v. Cooke, 131 S. Ct. 859 (2011). Read more... SPONSOR US v. Apodaca, No. 09-50372 Conviction and sentencing of defendant for possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. sections 2252A(a)(5)(B), (b)(2), is upheld where district court deviated downward from Sentencing Guidelines because imposed sentence satisfied Blinkinsop and Carty factors. Read more... SPONSOR Feedback We value your comments! Please take a moment to tell us what you think by sending us an e-mail. Subscription Information Click here to subscribe to a FindLaw Newsletter. To unsubscribe, click here. Advertising Information For more information about advertising in FindLaw Newsletters, click here. 800 W. California Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086

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