9th Circuit Opinions & Cases | National Law Review

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, is the largest, with 29 judgeships presently hearing cases on the Bench. The Circuit was created out of the Evarts Act of 1891, which initially established nine circuit court of appeals. Situated in the Western United States, the United States Court of Appeals is located in San Francisco, CA, at the James R. Browning US Court of Appeals Building.

There are nine states in the Ninth Circuit, and the District of Guam and District of Northern Mariana Islands also fall into the District’s jurisdiction. The Court of Appeals is in San Francisco. The District of Alaska courthouse is in Anchorage. The District of Arizona courthouse is in Phoenix. The Central District of California is in LA, Eastern District in Sacramento, and Southern District in San Diego, CA. The District of Guam courthouse is in Agana, and District of Hawaii is in Honolulu. The District of Idaho courthouse is in Boise, and District of Montana courthouse is in Billings. The District of Nevada courthouse is in Las Vegas, and District of Northern Mariana Islands courthouse in Saipan. The District of Oregon courthouse is in Portland. In the District of Washington, the Eastern District is in Spokane and Western District in Seattle, WA.

Being that it is the largest of the 13-circuits, the Ninth Circuit has 29 appointed judgeships currently sitting on the bench. This is alongside the 16 judges who are senior appointed judges. The Chief Judge for the circuit is Sidney Runyan Thomas, and the Circuit Justice is Anthony Kennedy, who is currently a US Supreme Court Justice.

Being the largest circuit in the country, several important decisions have come out of the Ninth Circuit. Mendez et. al v Westminister School District of Orange County, et al. (1947) is one of those cases. With the court sitting, en banc, the holding that Mexican-American students being placed in separate schools from those attended by a majority of the population was unconstitutional. In GlaxoSmithKline v Abbot Laboratories (2014) the court held that dismissal of jurors over sexual orientation would be barred in future cases.

The National Law Review covers similar cases as those detailed above and other types of case law. With Marijuana legalization being a hot-ticket item, several decisions have recently come in through the Ninth Circuit. Additionally, NLRB cases, employment rights, government elections and legislation, bankruptcy proceedings, and cases involving Major Corporations, have come through the Circuit. The National Law Review offers a wide range of cases in these categories, as well as news, appointments, and general information about the Ninth Circuit court system.

Date	Title	Organization
8 Jul	Admonition To Members Of The Healthcare Industry: Don’t Give Trade Secret Protection The Short Shrift!	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
7 Jul	Preparing for the Next Hanjin: The Unique Challenges and Ripple Effects of Maritime Insolvency and Restructuring	K&L Gates
6 Jul	Supreme Court Upholds SEC Penalty, but Tasks Ninth Circuit with Defining Wrongful “Profits”	Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
1 Jul	Ninth Circuit Holds That California Consumers Can’t Avoid Federal Jury Trial by Abandoning Available Damages Claims	Faegre Drinker
1 Jul	FinTech Startup Plaid, Inc. Hit with $5M+ Class Action Lawsuit	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
1 Jul	Federal Judge Denies Plant-Based “Butter” Motion to Dismiss	Keller and Heckman LLP
1 Jul	Default Judgment Granted Against Star Loan Management in FCRA Litigation	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
1 Jul	California Voters to Consider Repealing Proposition 209 in November	Jackson Lewis P.C.
30 Jun	Hydro Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 7	Van Ness Feldman LLP
30 Jun	Ninth Circuit’s Ingredients List Rule Keeps Nestlé in Hot Water with Denial of Nestlé’s Statute of Limitations-Based Summary Judgment Motion	Faegre Drinker
30 Jun	FTCA, Minority Tolling, and the Challenges of the Statute of Limitations	Stark & Stark
30 Jun	hiQ Files Opposition Brief with Supreme Court in LinkedIn CFAA Data Scraping Dispute	Proskauer Rose LLP
26 Jun	Court Bars CA Prop 65 Glyphosate Warning Requirement	Keller and Heckman LLP
26 Jun	California Federal Judge Enters Permanent Injunction Barring Enforcement of Prop. 65 Cancer Warning for Glyphosate as Unconstitutional Compelled Speech	Keller and Heckman LLP
26 Jun	Ninth Circuit Confirms That Winning Early Summary Judgment May Be the Ultimate Preemptive Tactic for Beating Class Certification	Faegre Drinker
25 Jun	California Consumers Can’t Escape Federal Jury Trial by Abandoning Available Damages Claims	Faegre Drinker
25 Jun	Indian Nations Law Update - June 2020	Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
25 Jun	Class Action Mooted When Class Representative Settles, Ninth Circuit Rules	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
24 Jun	Mass Arbitration, Más Problems: Class-Action Procedures May Guide Solutions to Issues in Mass Arbitrations	K&L Gates
23 Jun	Ninth Circuit Rejects Plaintiffs’ Claims in Trio of ADA Disability Access Cases	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
22 Jun	Trial Concludes in Challenge to EPA’s Denial of Fluoride Petition	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
22 Jun	Court Grants Final Approval to $4MM TCPA Text Message Settlement, $157 to each Class Member’s Filed Claim	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
20 Jun	Ninth Circuit Says No to Marks Revisit En Banc	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
19 Jun	Frank v. Autovest, LLC: In The Ninth Circuit, Technical FDCPA Violations Alone Aren’t Enough To Give A Plaintiff Standing	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
19 Jun	Federal Court Vacates Nationwide Permit 48 for Local Commercial Shellfish Growers	Beveridge & Diamond PC
19 Jun	Alleged Privacy Law Violations Create Potential $5 Billion Issue For Google	Mintz
18 Jun	TCPA Litigation Update — Ninth Circuit Determines TCPA Violation in N.L. v. Credit One Bank	Mintz
17 Jun	A New CCPA Data Breach Lawsuit Is “Minted”	Mintz
17 Jun	Ninth Circuit Opens Door for Students to Receive Additional Benefits for Playing Sports, Finds NCAA Rules Violation of Antitrust Laws	MoginRubin
16 Jun	Judge Rules OSHA Can Release Employer Injury Records	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
16 Jun	Ninth Circuit Clarifies Requirements for Article III Standing in Certain FCRA Cases	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
15 Jun	9th Circuit Judge Asks What Amount of Added Sugar in a Product Makes the Product Unhealthy, a Question About Which Other Courts Have Ruled There is a Material Issue of Fact in Allowing Similar Cases to Proceed	Keller and Heckman LLP
12 Jun	Court Grants Motion to Dismiss TCPA Serial Plaintiff’s Complaint	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
12 Jun	Bench Trial in Challenge to EPA’s Denial of Fluoride Petition Will Resume on June 15 and Is Available Online	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
11 Jun	Trademark Claim for Profit Damages Means No Jury Trial	McDermott Will & Emery
11 Jun	Recall Roundup: May 2020	Hunton Andrews Kurth
10 Jun	Ninth Circuit Affirms that Liens Pass Through Bankruptcy Even if Underlying Claim is Disallowed	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
10 Jun	Court Enters Summary Judgment Against Plaintiff, Finds No Triable Issues Regarding Revocation of Consent	Faegre Drinker
10 Jun	SBA Rulemaking and Guidance Challenged in Federal Lawsuits in Connection with PPP Loan Guidance	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
10 Jun	Copyright Office, Not Courts, Determines Validity of Registrations Containing Inaccurate Information	McDermott Will & Emery
9 Jun	GO FIGURE: State Law Recovery Equivalent to 1% of TCPA Damages Leads to Award of 90% of Attorneys Fees	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
8 Jun	Waters of the United States Litigation: Practical Considerations for the Regulated Community	Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
7 Jun	Ninth Circuit Vacates EPA’s Renewal of Conditional Registrations for Lower Volatility Dicamba Formulations	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
4 Jun	Ninth Circuit Holds in Wrong Number TCPA Case That “Called Party” Does Not Mean “Intended Recipient”	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
3 Jun	How Crazy Can This World Be?: Ninth Circuit Defendant Cannot Escape TCPA Liability Despite Its Belief that It Was Making Consented Calls to A Phone Number Provided by Its Customer	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
3 Jun	Breaking TCPA News: Ninth Circuit Holds "Called Party" Is Current Subscriber-Rejects "Intends Recipient Approach"	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
2 Jun	Attorney’s “Gotcha” Strategy Rejected in TCPA Revocation Case	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
1 Jun	RICO Liability for Marijuana Enterprises	Stark & Stark
1 Jun	Nationwide Permit 12: The Uncertainty Continues	Schiff Hardin LLP
31 May	Class Action Litigation Newsletter Spring 2020 - Ninth Circuit	Greenberg Traurig, LLP