Trump Nominates Three Judges
President Trump has nominated Seattle attorney Eric D. Miller, with Perkins Coie, for a seat on the Ninth Circuit, and two attorneys to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
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Cruelty in L.A. Jails
The Ninth Circuit on Monday vacated partial summary judgment for L.A. County and its former Sheriff Lee Baca, and reversed and remanded denial of a new trial in favor of pretrial detainee Lecia Shorter, who alleged inadequate medical care, unconstitutional conditions of confinement, humiliating and invasive strip searches, “and that jail officials routinely left noncompliant detainees naked and chained to their cell doors, for hours at a time without access to food, water, or a toilet.”
Read moreYahoo Wins One
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed dismissal of a shareholders’ derivative lawsuit against Yahoo!, for investing in the Chinese retail website Alibaba.com, because the Investment Company Act does not establish a private right of action for challenging the validity of an ICA exemption.
Read moreNinth Circuit Urged to Dump Washington State Cyberstalking Law
An activist blogger challenging Washington state’s cyberstalking law prohibiting actions that harass, intimidate, torment or embarrass people asked the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to revive his free speech claims.
Read moreWolves at the Door in Ninth Circuit Arguments
The federal government should have done more to protect Oregon’s gray wolves, no matter what farmers and ranchers say, attorneys for five environmental groups told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday.
Read moreNinth Circuit Considers Government Oversight of Hunting Competitions
In an Idaho forest, the Girls Scouts need a permit to hold a camping event … but the government says no permit – or the accompanying oversight – is needed for a weekend-long “predator derby” in which hundreds compete to kill wolves, coyotes and weasels.
Read moreCompanies Duck Disclosure of Supply-Chain Slave Labor
Building on prior rulings, the Ninth Circuit issued six opinions Tuesday holding that corporations have no duty to disclose the use of slave labor in their supply chains under California law.
Read more$10 Billion VW Settlement Approved
The Ninth Circuit on Monday approved a $10 billion settlement of Volkswagen’s “dieselgate” emissions-cheating scandal.
Read moreNinth Circuit Strikes Down California Royalties Law
The Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that a California state law that required artists be paid royalties from auction sales only applies to art that was sold before the establishment of the federal Copyright Act.
Read moreNinth Circuit Hears Clash Over First Amendment Access by Press Corps
In a case setting the national press corps against California’s court clerks, a panel of Ninth Circuit judges asked lawyers for the clerks why giving the press timely access to newly filed civil complaints was such a problem. “Has the sky fallen,” asked one judge.
Read moreGreat Barrier Reef
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed summary judgment for the Export-Import Bank of the United States, for the Center for Biological Diversity’s lack of standing to challenge to the bank’s authorization of nearly $4.8 billion in financing for two liquid natural gas projects near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
Read moreTrump ‘Travel Ban’ Upheld by Supreme Court
As the Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s so-called travel ban 5-4 Tuesday, Justice Sonia Sotomayor skewered the majority for turning a blind eye to what she called clear discrimination against Muslims.
Read more‘Monkey Selfie’ Photographer Supports Letting Animals Sue
A nature photographer who was sued over the ownership of “monkey selfie” photos is now asking the Ninth Circuit not to abolish the rights of animals to take people like him to court.
Read moreWhite Ex-Mayor Can Challenge Race-Based California Districts
Imagine this: The white ex-mayor of a wealthy city in Southern California, which is just 1.4 percent black, complains that he was placed in a racially gerrymandered district when the city went from at-large to district voting for City Council. You need not imagine it: the Ninth Circuit reversed dismissal and remanded the case this week.
Read more9th Circuit Leans Toward Renewing Class Action Discrimination Suit
A Ninth Circuit judge indicated Wednesday that he supported reviving a proposed class action accusing federal and Arizona state agencies of racial discrimination against American Indian children and their non-American Indian adoptive parents.
Read moreMLB Asks Ninth Circuit to Dismantle Minor Leaguers’ Class Action
Conflicting state laws and wide variations in hours worked make it impractical and wrong to let Minor League players team up to sue their employers for minimum wage, a Major League Baseball lawyer told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday.
Read moreService Complicates DuPont’s Trade Secrets Beef Against Chinese Companies
A Ninth Circuit panel indicated Wednesday that it may block the federal government from serving criminal summonses on a group of Chinese iron and steel companies through their U.S. lawyers, for trying to pilfer trade secrets from DuPont.
Read moreNinth Circuit May Revive Costco Slave Labor Suit
A Ninth Circuit judge indicated Tuesday she might favor reviving a lawsuit accusing Costco of misleading consumers about slave labor in its supply chain for prawns.
Read moreNinth Circuit: Officers Must Face Deadly Force Claims in Shooting Death
The city of Newport Beach, California and three of its police officers must face claims they used excessive deadly force when they fatally shot a schizophrenic man in a 7-Eleven store when he charged at them with a pair of scissors, a split Ninth Circuit panel ruled Monday.
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