William Cameron Canby Jr.

How Judge Canby rules, drawn from 34 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Position
circuit
Appointed by
Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Commissioned
1980-05-23
Education
Yale University (B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1953); University of Minnesota Law School (LL.B., Order of the Coif, 1956)
Signed orders read
34

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Kotarski v. Cooper
· 1989-01-27
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Frank K. Kotarski)) Denied

“AFFIRMED.”

United States v. Kaytso
· 1989-03-02
Appeal (appellant (defendant Jonathan Bennet Kaytso)) Denied

“AFFIRMED.”

Edwards v. Healy
No. 92-16051 · 1993-12-01
Appeal (appellants (defendants John Healy and Thomas Hayes, California state officials)) Denied

“AFFIRMED.”

Doherty v. Commissioner
· 1994-02-08
Appeal (appellants (taxpayers George and Emelia Doherty)) Denied

“The judgment of the Tax Court is AFFIRMED.”

Weaver v. United States
· 1994-10-14
Appeal (appellant (defendant Randall C. Weaver)) Denied

“AFFIRMED.”

United States v. Abarca
· 1993-02-05
Appeal (appellant (defendant Rodolfo Abarca-Espinoza)) Denied

“AFFIRMED.”

Shee Atika v. Sealaska Corp.
Nos. 93-35187, 93-35258 · 1994-11-04
Appeal (primary appellant (Sealaska Corp., subsurface-estate owner)) Denied

“We dismiss Shee Atika's cross appeal, and affirm the district court's order denying Sealaska's request for an injunction.”

United States v. Ortiz-Villegas
· 1995-03-13
Appeal (appellant (defendant Javier Ortiz-Villegas)) Denied

“The judgment of the district court is affirmed.”

United States v. Nguyen
· 1996-04-23
Appeal (appellant (defendant Hong Ha Thi Nguyen)) Denied

“We conclude that it is, and we affirm.”

United States v. Washman
· 1995-09-15
Appeal (appellant (defendant Bob Jack Washman)) Granted

“We reverse Wash-man’s conviction and remand to the district court so that Washman can plead anew.”

Diamond Hotel Co. v. Matsunaga
· 1996-10-25
Appeal (appellant (defendant Elizabeth Blanco Matsunaga)) Moot / procedural

“We DISMISS the appeal for lack of a genuine federal issue.”

Briseno v. INS
· 1999-10-13
Petition for review (petitioner (Jose N. Briseno)) Moot / procedural

“Because this Court lacks jurisdiction to hear Briseno’s claim, we dismiss the petition.”

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