Greenhouse Gas Claims Spark 9th Circuit Dissent
Several 9th Circuit judges spoke out Monday about the court's refusal to rehear claims over unregulated greenhouse gas emissions from oil refineries in Washington.
View ArticleGroup appeals lease for mountain Jesus statue
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a federal judge's decision that allowed the U.S. Forest Service to renew a 10-year permit for a statue...
View ArticleNinth Circuit En Banc Upholds Prior Ruling Vacating $10 Million...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals en banc has affirmed a prior ruling vacating a $10 million jury verdict in an asbestos personal injury action, holding that the Washington federal district court...
View ArticleNinth Circuit stays ruling upholding California sexual orientation conversion...
The order contained no reasoning, stating only that a 90-day hold would be put into affect to allow a petition for a writ of certiorari to the US Supreme Court, and will be continued if the writ is...
View ArticleGay Conversion Therapy Is Legal In California - For Now: Do...
A law banning gay conversion therapy was upheld in California last week, but the ban was lifted Monday as the state awaits possible review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
View ArticleCourt Revives Lawsuit Against Spokeo
A federal appellate court has revived a class-action lawsuit accusing data aggregator Spokeo of violating the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act.
View ArticlePursuant to a Decision From a U.S. Court Ecuador Will Access...
Last Friday, January 31st, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed that the Ecuadorian State could use, within the international arbitration proceedings known as Chevron III, documents...
View ArticleHope and Change? Not for Gays
Blake Smith, 58, of Bakersfield, California, is an ex-gay. In a New York Times article in late 2012, he said that for most of his life, "every inch of my body craved male sexual contact."
View ArticleLawsuit challenges SEIU opt-out rules for state workers
A group of California state workers sues in federal court over union rules for opting out of fees earmarked for political activity.
View ArticleCalifornia Environmental Law and Policy Update - January 31, 2014
A Ninth Circuit appellate panel's rejection of a challenge to the "life-cycle analysis" approach to measuring carbon intensity of fuels used in California has set off a heated debate within the court.
View ArticlePresident Obama Announces Intent to Nominate Cheryl Ann Krause to...
WASHINGTON, DC Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Cheryl Ann Krause to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
View ArticleCNN Gets First Amendment Victory in Video Captioning Dispute
The 9th Circuit gives the cable news network relief from one discrimination claim, but sets up a future showdown over the issue of whether websites are "places of public accommodation."
View ArticleFeb 5: Idaho Arrests, Scotland Allows Marriage, Ex-Gay Ruling ...
FORTY ARRESTED IN IDAHO: Police in Boise arrested more than 40 protesters for trespassing Monday as they stood silently for more than three hours, blocking three entrances to the Idaho senate chamber.
View Article's Day in Court
This morning, as Seahawks fans swarmed into downtown Seattle for their Super Bowl promenade, I walked through the doors of the Ninth Circuit courthouse - the same doors that had been smashed during May...
View ArticleAttorneys seek dismissal in son killing case
The case against an Arizona mother whose 1990 conviction in her son's killing was overturned by an appeals court should be dismissed based on lack of evidence because the key witness against her...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: The Hon. J. Clifford Wallace to Be Inaugural Speaker...
UC Irvine School of Law's Center for Corporate Legal Leadership has launched a speaker series that will begin with a Feb. 10, 2014 talk by J. Clifford Wallace, Senior Judge, Chief Judge Emeritus, U.S....
View ArticleBlogger Gets Same Speech Protections as Traditional Press: U.S. Court
Group of tax fraud. A lower court judge had found that Obsidian did not have to prove that Cox acted negligently because Cox failed to submit evidence of her status as a journalist.
View Article9th Circuit Says Plaintiff Had Standing to Sue Spokeo for Fair Credit...
Robins sued Spokeo alleging that Spokeo reported incorrect information about him-that he held a graduate degree and was wealthy-and this caused him difficulty in his job search and other harm.
View ArticleDechert Partner Krause to Be Nominated to Third Circuit
Cheryl Ann Krause, who practices white-collar defense at Dechert, will be nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, according to a release from the White House.
View ArticleBig Oil Tries To Slam Door On Cleaner Fuels In Oregon
The nascent Clean Fuels Program in Oregon, which once underway would cut the greenhouse gas emissions from Oregon's transportation fuels by 10 percent over 10 years, is meeting with staunch pushback...
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