Ninth Circuit
Ninth Circuit Won’t Rehear Steinbeck Family Copyright Spat
The Ninth Circuit will not revisit its decision in a long-running copyright feud between family and heirs of renowned author John Steinbeck.
Read moreNinth Circuit Orders Thaw of Obama-Era Energy Efficiency Standards
The Trump administration cannot indefinitely freeze Obama-era energy efficiency standards that are expected to cut carbon emissions and save billions of dollars in energy costs, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday.
Read moreNinth Circuit Revives Suit Over Casino Stake by Hustler’s Flynt
A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday recharged porn mogul Larry Flynt’s efforts to expand his gambling business out of California, overturning a finding that the Hustler founder’s lawsuit was barred by a statute of limitations.
Read moreJustices Take Up Ban on Encouraging Illegal Immigration
The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments on free speech and immigration after it agreed Friday to decide the constitutionality of a federal law that criminalizes encouraging undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States.
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Ninth Circuit Orders Feds to Reexamine Army Corps’ Harm to Native Fish
The National Marine Fisheries Service owes an explanation for why it decided that two dams on the Yuba River do not adversely affect threatened Chinook salmon, steelhead and green sturgeon, three Ninth Circuit judges ruled Thursday.
Read moreNinth Circuit Upholds Santa Monica Ban on Airbnb-Type Rentals
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday affirmed dismissal of a lawsuit claiming a beach city’s ordinance banning short-term rentals unlawfully disrupts the flow of interstate commerce.
Read moreNinth Circuit Skeptical of Feds’ Defense of Trump Asylum Rules
A Trump administration lawyer found a tough audience in a Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday as he fought to overturn two nationwide injunctions blocking policies that aim to shrink the number of asylum seekers allowed to stay in the United States.
Read moreDemocrats Grill Pick for Missouri Court on Anti-Abortion Work
As nominees to the Ninth and Second Circuits sailed through their nomination hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Democrats on the panel zeroed in on a nominee for a Missouri federal court over her work on anti-abortion litigation.
Read moreTitle X Abortion Gag Rule Probed by En Banc Ninth Circuit
A Trump administration rule stripping federal funding of clinics that refer women to abortions got a long hard look Monday from a panel of 11 Ninth Circuit judges.
Read moreEn Banc Ninth Circuit Takes Up ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Fight
The hauntingly spare opening to Led Zeppelin’s rock epic “Stairway to Heaven” and copyright law were on the minds of the en banc Ninth Circuit on Monday morning, which heard arguments on whether the British band lifted the chords from another group’s song and if that warranted a second trial.
Read moreTrump Continues to Reshape Ninth Circuit With Two New Picks
President Donald Trump announced six new judicial nominees on Friday, including two to seats on the once reliably liberal Ninth Circuit and four to federal courts in California.
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Ninth Circuit Voids Geothermal Leases on Sacred Tribal Land
In a decision hailed by some as a victory for tribal rights and ecological preservation, the Ninth Circuit on Thursday upheld voiding 40-year lease extensions for geothermal energy production on 26 plots of California land deemed sacred by Native Americans.
Read moreArizona Must Keep Execution Chamber Mics Hot, Ninth Circuit Rules
The Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Arizona Department of Corrections’ policy of turning off an execution chamber microphone during lethal injection goes against the public’s right of access to government proceedings.
Read moreCouple Struggles to Revive Suit Over San Francisco Lifetime Tenant Rule
A lawyer for two landlords struggled to explain to a Ninth Circuit panel Friday why his clients did not apply for an exemption from a rule forcing them to offer a lifetime lease to their tenant before they sued the city of San Francisco.
Read moreCambodian Seafood Workers Ask Ninth Circuit to Revive Trafficking Suit
An attorney for seven Cambodian villagers forced to work in the Thai seafood industry told a Ninth Circuit panel Friday that all partners in the venture knew or should have known about the practice and therefore violated federal laws against human trafficking.
Read moreFBI Ordered to Expunge Threat Assessment of Anti-War Reporter
The FBI must expunge one of two threat assessment memos tied to the editors of Antiwar.com, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday, following the death of one of the men.
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