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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2018
Court Orders New Formaldehyde Compliance Date for Composite Wood Products Industry Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
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28
2018
Zazzle And Other Print-On-Demand Websites Can Breathe A Sigh Of Relief . . . For Now Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
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26
2018
BLURRED LINES: Bringing Focus to the 9th Circuit’s Copyright Decision In Williams v. Gaye Brinks Gilson & Lione
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22
2018
Southern District Court of California Affirms that Employees Are Not Entitled to Multi-Month, Indefinite Medical Leaves of Absences Jackson Lewis P.C.
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2018
Is the "Food Court" Closing? Foley & Lardner LLP
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2018
Self-Driving Uber Kills Arizona Woman in First Fatal Crash Involving a Pedestrian Clifford Law Offices
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21
2018
Social Engineering Fraud and Cyber Insurance – Are You Covered? Faegre Drinker
Mar
20
2018
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Outlines BSA Compliance Obligations and How One Small Bank Failed to Meet Them Ballard Spahr LLP
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19
2018
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects Constitutional Challenge to AML Compliance Program Regulation Ballard Spahr LLP
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16
2018
Ninth Circuit Doubles Down on Lack of Standing Under Spokeo in Facta Cases K&L Gates
Mar
15
2018
Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Trump’s Attempt to Dismiss Climate Lawsuit ArentFox Schiff LLP
Mar
15
2018
A sobering reminder of the potential pitfalls in doing a “pre-pack” administration Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
14
2018
After 9th Circuit Ruling in Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui, EPA Considers ‘Clarifying’ Clean Water Act Coverage for Discharges Via Groundwater Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
14
2018
Court Of Appeal Finds Mortgage Servicer To Be A Debt Collector Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mar
12
2018
When Your Rebranding Gets “Stone”-Walled Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Mar
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2018
The Standing Struggle in Data Breach Litigation Continues Murtha Cullina
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2018
THE LATEST: Class Certification Denied – Indirect Purchases Fail to Substantiate Link between Higher Input Costs and Higher Product Prices McDermott Will & Emery
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2018
Montana Court Refuses to Shift Venue of “Related to” CFPB Police Action to Texas Bankruptcy Court Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
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5
2018
Supreme Court Limits Scope of Whistleblower Protections under Dodd-Frank: Items of Note and Potential Impacts Vedder Price
Mar
5
2018
Prop 65 Preliminary Injunction and “Fake News” Mintz
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2
2018
“Love” Is Not Enough for Trademark Confusion: Marilyn D. Mintz v. Subaru of America, Inc McDermott Will & Emery
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2
2018
Ninth Circuit Dishes Out Food for Thought on Summary Judgment McDermott Will & Emery
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2
2018
California Court Declines to Dismiss Illinois Facial Recognition/Biometric Privacy Suit against Facebook on Standing Grounds Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
2
2018
New York Court Rebuffs Ninth Circuit’s Copyright “Server Test,” Finds Embedded Tweet Displaying Copyrighted Image to Be Infringement Proskauer Rose LLP
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2
2018
Scraping Is OK, Copying Proprietary Software Is Not McDermott Will & Emery
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28
2018
Embedded Tweets Violate Exclusive Display Right, Setting Up Possible Showdown at SCOTUS, and Cause Uncertainty for Website Operators Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Feb
28
2018
Supreme Courts Rejects Expedited Review of DACA Case Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
27
2018
Ninth Circuit Ruling Rejects FACTA Suit Under Spokeo, Avoiding Circuit Split K&L Gates
Feb
27
2018
Ninth Circuit Weighs In On Circuit Split Regarding CERCLA Contribution Claims After Settlement and The Statute of Limitation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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27
2018
Federal Court Issues Key Decision on NGO Challenge to Use of Fluoride in Water ArentFox Schiff LLP
Feb
27
2018
No More Baby Talk: Class Certification Denied in Gerber False Advertising Suit Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
26
2018
Ninth Circuit Decision Provides Critical Win to FTC in its Authority over Internet Service Providers Covington & Burling LLP
Feb
23
2018
California District Court Vacates EPA Final Rule to Delay Compliance with Formaldehyde Emission Standards Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Feb
23
2018
Multi-Million Dollar Nationwide Class Settlement Vacated by Ninth Circuit Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
22
2018
Patent Exhaustion Defense Unavailable to Reseller after Impression Products Mintz
Feb
22
2018
Federal Judge Rules GrubHub Driver Is Independent Contractor – Employment Law This Week[PODCAST] Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
21
2018
Bag Inspection Policies Should Inform Employees to Remain On-The-Clock Polsinelli PC
Feb
20
2018
Data Aggregator Seeks Ruling Allowing It to Scrape Public LinkedIn Data Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
19
2018
Directors Fail To Escape Liability For Approving Dividend Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
19
2018
Federal Court Allows Reverse Veil Piercing Of Unincorporated Association Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
16
2018
Federal Court Finds Delivery Drivers Independent Contractors; California Supreme Court Next? Polsinelli PC
Feb
15
2018
Fitting a Square Peg Into a Round Hole: Worker Classification in the Gig Economy Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
12
2018
Move to Change Imposition of California Bar-Membership Requirement in the US District Court of the Northern District of California The National Law Review / The National Law Forum LLC
Feb
9
2018
Ninth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Defendants, Rejects Plaintiff’s Vicarious Liability Theory Faegre Drinker
Feb
9
2018
CFAA “Unauthorized Access” Web Scraping Claim against Ticket Broker Dismissed Because Revocation of Access Not Expressed in Cease and Desist Letter Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
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2018
Supreme Court Will Not Look at Spokeo Again, Leaving Lower Courts to Grapple with Article III Uncertainties Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
6
2018
No Rubber Stamp: Ninth Circuit Reverses Certification of Nationwide Class Settlement Due to Failure to Account for Variations in State Law K&L Gates
Feb
6
2018
A Problem That Can’t Seem to Get Cracked Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
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5
2018
Improper Reliance on Informal “Opinion of Counsel” Part of Basis for Exceptional Case Award Mintz
Feb
2
2018
Ninth Circuit Issues Decision in Novel Clean Water Act Case ArentFox Schiff LLP
 

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