9th Circuit (incl. bankruptcy)

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.

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Feb 6 2017	Ninth Circuit Finds Article III Standing, Dismisses TCPA Action for Failure to Effectively Revoke Consent	K&L Gates
Jul 31 2018	Ninth Circuit Finds California's Ban On Non-Compete Agreement Can Extend To Substantial Professional Restraints	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Sep 17 2015	Ninth Circuit Finds Copyright Holders Must Consider Fair Use Before Issuing DMCA Takedown Notices	ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr 27 2018	Ninth Circuit Finds District Court Sharply Deviated from Existing Authority on CERCLA Cleanup Costs Between Military Contractor and U.S. Government When it Allocated 100 Percent of Liability to Military Contractor	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug 5 2010	Ninth Circuit Finds Employment Agreement Ambiguous As To Whether An Employee's "Ideas" Were Assigned To Employer	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov 14 2023	Ninth Circuit Finds Glyphosate Prop 65 Warning Unconstitutional	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Sep 12 2011	Ninth Circuit Finds Grocers’ Revenue-Sharing Agreement Must Go Through Full Rule of Reason Check-Out	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr 3 2018	Ninth Circuit Finds Grounds to Dismiss Iced Coffee False Advertising Suit	Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug 10 2018	Ninth Circuit Finds Implied Antitrust Immunity for USATF and USOC in Advertising Restriction Case	Mintz
Jul 21 2016	Ninth Circuit Finds Market Allegations Sufficient, Overturns Dismissal in Sutter Health Tying Case	ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr 24 2019	Ninth Circuit Finds No Foreign Arbitration Award to Uphold	Carlton Fields
Feb 24 2016	Ninth Circuit Finds No Reliance On Auditor’s Qualified Opinions	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug 22 2014	Ninth Circuit Finds No Tag Jurisdiction Over Foreign Corporation	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct 4 2014	Ninth Circuit Finds Permanent Injunction Questionable Despite Trademark Infringement, La Quinta Worldwide LLC v. Q.R.T.M., S.A. De C.V., dba Quinta Real	McDermott Will & Emery
May 31 2015	Ninth Circuit Finds Plaintiff Knowingly Agreed to Arbitration of Title VII Claims	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep 20 2023	Ninth Circuit Finds that Costco Is Not Just a Retailer, but Actively Competes with Wholesalers with Respect to Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Claims	K&L Gates
Jul 29 2015	Ninth Circuit Finds That Insurance Claims Adjusters Are Exempt Administrative Employees Under California Law	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec 27 2018	Ninth Circuit Finds That Party was a Third-Party Beneficiary of Arbitration Agreement, and Affirms Order Compelling Arbitration of Putative Class Action	Carlton Fields
May 25 2016	Ninth Circuit Finds That Purpose Of Stock Rights Plan Matters	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Sep 9 2016	Ninth Circuit Finds Uber’s Arbitration Agreements Enforceable After All	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun 12 2023	Ninth Circuit Forces Employer to Face the Music, Finds Sexist/Racist Music-Blasting Hits a Sour Note (US)	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun 19 2019	Ninth Circuit Fuels More Efficient Nationwide Class Settlement	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep 12 2013	Ninth Circuit Fumbles The Ball In Videogame Likeness Cases	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr 14 2015	Ninth Circuit Further Limits Enforceability of Post-Employment Restrictions in California	ArentFox Schiff LLP
May 2 2019	Ninth Circuit Gives A Partial Green Light to Cannabis Company Bankruptcies	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug 31 2020	Ninth Circuit Gives California Employers a Break in Defending Rest Period Claims	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Feb 9 2016	Ninth Circuit Gives Individual Chapter 11 Debtors A Double-Whammy	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul 30 2018	Ninth Circuit Grants En Banc Review of Decision to Throw Out $210 Million Nationwide Class Action Settlement	Faegre Drinker
Feb 26 2019	Ninth Circuit Grants Petition for En Banc and Panel Rehearing in Chlorpyrifos Case	Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Sep 16 2022	Ninth Circuit Grants Rehearing on California Law Banning Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec 12 2013	Ninth Circuit Grants Summary Affirmance In Objectors’ Appeal From Class Action Settlement: A Case Study In Dealing With Serial Objectors	Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Apr 2 2021	Ninth Circuit Grounds Imposition of ‘Subsequent’ PAGA Penalties Prior to Court or Labor Commissioner Citation, But Lets Waiting Time Penalties and Other Labor Code Violations Soar for Interstate Employers	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr 10 2014	Ninth Circuit Hearing on California Resale Royalties	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May 22 2017	Ninth Circuit Hears Challenge to Trump’s Travel Ban Again	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov 22 2015	Ninth Circuit Hears Federal Trade Commission’s Throttling Case Against AT&T	Covington & Burling LLP

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