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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Nov 5 2019	Ninth Circuit Considers Rehearing in ERISA Arbitration Case	McDermott Will & Emery
Oct 31 2019	Ninth Circuit Considers Re-Hearing Dorman V. Schwab Arbitration Decision	McDermott Will & Emery
Nov 14 2017	Ninth Circuit Considers Pre-Appeal Conduct in Plan’s Request for Appellate Attorney’s Fees	Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan 5 2018	Ninth Circuit Considers Pre-Appeal Conduct in Plan's Request for Appellate Attorney's Fees	Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov 14 2016	Ninth Circuit Considers Limits to DEA Access to Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	McDermott Will & Emery
Jun 26 2020	Ninth Circuit Confirms That Winning Early Summary Judgment May Be the Ultimate Preemptive Tactic for Beating Class Certification	Faegre Drinker
May 6 2014	Ninth Circuit Confirms that Trademark Cancellation Is a Remedy and Not a Cause of Action: Airs Aromatics v. Victoria’s Secret	McDermott Will & Emery
May 10 2023	Ninth Circuit Confirms that the Two-Year Statute of Limitations in a Bad Faith UM/UIM Claim Begins when the Insured Should Have Known About the Insurer’s Alleged Bad Faith Acts	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb 28 2020	Ninth Circuit Confirms That Salary History May Not Be Used to Justify Unequal Pay (US)	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb 19 2016	Ninth Circuit Confirms That Providing A Business With Phone Number Constitutes Express Consent To Be Called Under The TCPA	Faegre Drinker
Mar 17 2017	Ninth Circuit Confirms that PAGA Claims Can Be Compelled to Arbitration; California Appellate Court Disagrees	Polsinelli PC
Jun 26 2018	Ninth Circuit Confirms that Class Action Plaintiffs Must Plausibly Establish Future Intent To Re-Purchase To Maintain Claims for Injunctive Relief	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep 7 2017	Ninth Circuit Confirms that a Cy Pres Only Settlement Can Work In Privacy Class Action	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May 24 2017	Ninth Circuit Confirms Prior Salary Can Be Legitimate Factor Other Than Sex Under Federal Law	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan 15 2019	Ninth Circuit Confirms Plaintiffs Are Not Required to Undermine Defendant’s Evidence to Withstand Summary Judgment in False Labeling Class Actions	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb 24 2017	Ninth Circuit Confirms FCRA Disclosure Cannot Include Liability Waiver	Polsinelli PC
Feb 7 2020	Ninth Circuit Confirms Dr Pepper Can Stick to its “Diet”	Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct 1 2016	Ninth Circuit Confirms Brazil v. Dole Decertification Due to Faulty Damages Model	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov 21 2017	Ninth Circuit Concurs that Workweek, Not Individual Hour, is Relevant Timeframe for Determination of Minimum Wage Compliance	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun 28 2016	Ninth Circuit Concludes Tribes' Treaty Fishing Rights Obligate State to Fix Fish Blocking Culverts	Van Ness Feldman LLP
Aug 27 2021	Ninth Circuit Concludes That Time in Airport Security Line is Not Compensable for Employees of Airport Vendors	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
May 2 2019	Ninth Circuit Concludes That New California “ABC” Independent Contractor Test Applies Retroactively	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb 13 2014	Ninth Circuit Concludes That Common Issues Do Not Predominate Where Retailer’s In-Store Signs and Oral Sales Statements Place Each Putative Class Member’s Exposure to Misleading Statements in Doubt	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep 10 2020	Ninth Circuit Concludes That Apple Retail Employees Are Entitled to Summary Judgment on Exit Search Claim	Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
May 10 2018	Ninth Circuit Concludes that Admissibility is Not a Factor in Deciding Class Certification	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul 10 2019	Ninth Circuit Concludes Domestic Partner Entitled To Benefits	Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug 27 2019	Ninth Circuit Concludes Defendant Waived Right to Seek Arbitration of Class Action	Carlton Fields
Mar 28 2024	Ninth Circuit Clears Airline’s Arbitration by Estoppel Argument for Takeoff	Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar 3 2021	Ninth Circuit Claws Back “Krab Mix” Class Action Dismissal	Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb 17 2020	Ninth Circuit Class Action Litigation \| Winter 2019/2020	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov 22 2019	Ninth Circuit Class Action Litigation \| Fall 2019	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan 4 2019	Ninth Circuit Clarifies “Actual Knowledge” for ERISA’s Statute of Limitations	McDermott Will & Emery
Aug 28 2009	Ninth Circuit Clarifies the Scope of Immunity for Website Operators Under the Communications Decency Act of 1996	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr 23 2020	Ninth Circuit Clarifies Standing Requirements for Damages Classes	Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec 12 2014	Ninth Circuit Clarifies Scope of Mass Action Federal Jurisdiction and Removal	Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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