The Ninth Circuit indicated Thursday it would order a lower court to narrow a finding that a decades-old California law banning surcharges for credit card purchases is unconstitutional.
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The Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that online data aggregator Spokeo must face a class action lawsuit from a man who says the website displayed inaccurate information about him: falsely calling him wealthy and well-educated.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that creditors may access trust distributions from spendthrift trusts to pay off bankruptcy debts, minus any funds allocated for education or living expenses.
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The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday dismissed Beverly Hills Unified School District’s request to block LA Metro’s plan to extend a subway under Beverly Hills High School.
Read moreTen states on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify a recent Ninth Circuit ruling that they say essentially wiped out state groundwater rights in favor of federal oversight.
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In a victory for dozens of hospitals, the Ninth Circuit on Monday reversed and remanded the Department of Health and Human Services’ 10 percent rate cut for Medicaid beneficiaries who receive outpatient services in California.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit has ordered a new trial against a Chilean industrial chemical company that the Southern California city of Pomona says contaminated the its water system with fertilizer chemicals.
Read moreA team of state attorneys general launched their salvo against the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict travel to the United States by grandparents and other close relatives who come from six predominately Muslim nations.
Read morePASADENA, Calif. (CN) – The Ninth Circuit heard arguments Thursday morning that Arizona prosecutors did not have qualified immunity in
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit on Monday affirmed dismissal of a claim against a Washington state Fish and Wildlife agent who shot a family’s dog after it lunged at her, in an unpublished opinion.
Read moreWhile misinformation spread by fake news has polluted electoral politics, its dangerous implications extend well beyond that into the realm of business and national security, law and media experts said at the Ninth Circuit’s Judicial Conference Thursday.
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In a win for California’s Bishop Paiute Tribe, the Ninth Circuit this week reversed and remanded its lawsuit against Inyo County, over powers Indian police have over non-Indians on the reservation.
Read moreAs attendees of the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference arrived for the Wednesday morning panel discussion, two large state-of-the art security robots wandered slowly and menacingly around the perimeter of the conference room.
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A class action plaintiff who sued Gerber over sugary baby food labeled “all natural” could not prove the company’s labels were deceptive, the Ninth Circuit ruled, granting Gerber’s petition for rehearing.
Read moreDespite sharp differences of opinion on a variety of issues related to the nexus of elections and the court system, a panel of experts at the Ninth Circuit’s judicial conference agreed on one thing: the type of voter fraud President Donald Trump claims is widespread is actually virtually nonexistent.
Read moreSAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Trial judges should be more skeptical of forensic methods that don’t pass scientific muster, a panel
Read moreA Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday denied a bid by environmental organizations to force the federal agency tasked with regulating pesticides to make a decision on the fate of chlorpyrifos, a widely used chemical that critics say has a detrimental impact on neurological development in children.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld the FBI’s use of gag orders to muzzle companies about the number and content of national security letters they receive without a warrant seeking records on their customers.
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A Chinese man whose wife was arrested and forcibly sterilized for having a second child can reopen his claim for asylum in the United States, the Ninth Circuit ruled, saving him, for now, from deportation.
Read moreMonday’s opening day of the Ninth Circuit’s judicial conference did not flinch at political subjects, with judges hearing an historical overview of three Supreme Court cases arising from the mass incarceration by executive order of 120,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II.
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