Otter's request for more judges in same-sex marriage appeal denied
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Governor Butch Otter's request to increase the size of the justice panel that will hear the case in September regarding Idaho's same-sex marriage laws.
View ArticleCNS First Amendment Case Against Ventura Bounced From Fed Court
A First Amendment action by Courthouse News over press access in Ventura Superior Court was for a second time rejected by U.S. Judge Manuel Real on Monday.
View ArticleCourt reinstates Lincoln County man's conviction
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a conviction against an Oregon man who allegedly abused a female relative more than a decade ago.
View ArticleAnna Nicole Smith Heirs Will Not Receive Money from Marshall Estate
Sanctions were the last hope in federal court for the heirs of Vickie Lynn Marshall or her attorneys to receive money after the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal and U.S. Supreme Court ruled against...
View ArticleAttorney John Hovel's legacy offers hope for others with cancer
John Hovel , a shareholder in the Milwaukee law firm of Kravit Hovel & Krawczyk SC, has died following a four-year battle with colon and liver cancer.
View ArticleSupreme Court blocks same-sex marriages in Virginia
The four original plaintiffs challenging Virginia's same-sex marriage ban are Tony London, Tim Bostic, Mary Townley and Carol Schall.
View ArticleNinth Circuit Allows Delinquent Corporation To Sue And Own Trademarks
In Southern California Darts Association v. Zaffina , the Ninth Circuit held that a corporation, whose charter had been suspended by the state of California in 1977, had standing in 2012 to sue and to...
View ArticleSupreme Court puts a hold on gay marriage in Virginia
The Supreme Court blocked gay and lesbian couples from marrying in Virginia Wednesday as it edges closer to deciding whether same-sex marriage should be legalized nationwide.
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Upholds LAX Panhandling Ban
A federal appeals court has upheld a panhandling ban at Los Angeles International Airport in a lawsuit brought by a Hare Krishna group nearly two decades ago.
View ArticleWashington High Court Must Define 'Collapse'
An insurance dispute involving structural damage to a condominium requires the Washington Supreme Court to define the word "collapse," the 9th Circuit said Tuesday.
View ArticleB&N 'Browsewrap' Ruling: 3 Things Business Owners Should Know
Barnes & Noble had to swallow a bitter pill in federal court on Monday , when a federal appeals court held that the retailer couldn't enforce legal provisions buried behind a link hidden on its...
View ArticleHitching Post Owners May Sell
Don and Lynn Knapp have owned the Hitching Post for more than 25 years and call it a very special place.
View ArticleAnorexia Care Benefits Denial Deemed Improper
United Behavioral Health improperly withheld benefits from a Wells Fargo employee whose anorexia kept her hospitalized for a month, the 9th Circuit ruled Wednesday.
View ArticleNo Coverage for the Cantankerous? The Ninth Circuit Goes 'Retro' In Finding...
In Weaving v. City of Hillsboro ,1 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit waxed nostalgic by reversing a jury and lower court finding that a police officer with Attention Deficit and...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Shifts "Significant Expense" of Compliance...
The escalating cost of discovery compliance is especially frustrating for non-parties who are subpoenaed for evidence allegedly relevant to litigation in which they have no stake.
View ArticleNCAA files intent to appeal O'Bannon decision
The NCAA has notified the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that it intends to appeal a judge's ruling in the Ed O'Bannon case that it violated antitrust laws.
View ArticleCA Attorney General Kamala Harris To Appeal Ruling That Declared Death...
State Attorney General Kamala Harris is appealing a ruling last month that declared California's enforcement of the death penalty unconstitutional.
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Since Congress expanded the definition of 'disability' in 2009, conventional wisdom has said that most medical conditions will qualify for protection under the ADA.
View ArticleWest Side Police News & Notes
The 9th District Court of Appeals has determined that former Akron Police Capt. Douglas Prade's new trial ordered by retired Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Judy Hunter in January 2013 was not a...
View ArticleCrash Victims Can't Sue Aircraft Maker in Calif.
The family of a man killed in a November 2010 plane crash in Cuba cannot sue the French manufacturer of the aircraft in California, the 9th Circuit rules.
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