Editor Sums Up Montana Gun Case in Politix Op-Ed
A federal court just struck down the Montana Firearms Freedom Act , which exempted local gun manufacturers from federal regulation and registration.
View ArticleCourt Refuses To Block Calif. Shark Fin Soup Ban
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday unanimously refused to ban the sale of the soup while San Francisco-area Chinese restaurants and their suppliers pursue their lawsuit to overturn the...
View ArticleAppeals court refuses to block California's shark fin ban
A federal appeals court refused Tuesday to block a California law that bars possession, sale and distribution of shark fins, considered a delicacy in Chinese cuisine.
View ArticleFilmOn X Asks Appeals Court To Lift Ban On Service
Online video service FilmOn X asked an appellate panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today to lift an order prohibiting the company from operating on the West Coast.
View ArticleAppeals Court overturns Arizona law on home gun, ammo manufacturing
Arizona lawmakers can not give their residents the right to make their own guns and bullets without federal approval, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
View ArticleJudge Blocks Ariz. Attempt To Defund Planned Parenthood
A federal court shot down an effort by Arizona to block Planned Parenthood women's health clinics from receiving Medicaid dollars.
View ArticleSaving the offensive Mount Soledad cross
My family and I recently went on a shuttle bus tour of La Jolla, Calif., a sort of Beverly Hills of San Diego and one of the most expensive housing markets in the country.
View ArticleAT&T Wage Fight May Stay in Federal Court
Supreme Court precedent invalidates efforts to have a state court preside over a putative labor class action against AT&T Mobility, the 9th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleApp Stores Aren't Liable For Third Party Apps--Evans v. HP
Due to the growing importance of mobile devices, app stores are among the most powerful intermediaries in the Internet ecosystem.
View Article'Aereokiller' Hearing May Portend Difficulties for Networks
Although it's notoriously difficult to read the minds of appellate judges, there was probably enough at Tuesday's oral argument in Fox v.
View ArticleCalifornia juice maker POM Wonderful waging court battles
In one federal court, the California-based company with orchards in the southern San Joaquin Valley is on offense.
View ArticleU.S. Appeals Court rules government cannot force parolees into religious program
Today Barry A. Hazle, Jr. is a free man after winning a federal appeals case against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation .
View ArticleRuling is victory for Hawaii special education
A federal appeals court gave Hawaii's special education students a victory Wednesday by ruling the state must provide public schooling to disabled students up to age 22. The opinion from the 9th U.S....
View ArticleCircuits May Split on Fate of Streaming TV
The 9th Circuit met yesterday to determine the fate of a service that streams live television programming over the Internet.
View ArticleAccused Identity Forger Was Prejudiced at Trial
A man facing deportation should have been allowed to admit his delayed birth certificate into evidence, even though he may have obtained the document through fraud, the 9th Circuit ruled.
View ArticleCourt upholds 1st ban on gay-to-straight therapy
FEBRUARY 07: Opponents of Proposition 8, California's anti-gay marriage bill, celebrate outside of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on February 7, 2012 in San Francisco, California.
View ArticleFederal Court Backs Calif. Ban On Conversion Therapy For Minors
A federal appeals court has reversed an injunction that kept California's law banning conversion therapy from taking effect.
View Article9th Circuit Stiffens Its View of Chapter 13 Plans
Chapter 13 debtors with above-average incomes must pay unsecured creditors for at least five years, even if they lack disposable income, the full 9th Circuit held Thursday, overruling a 2008 panel...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Upholds "Gay Conversion" Ban
A unanimous panel of the Ninth Circuit has upheld California's ban on efforts by licensed mental health professionals to change the sexual orientation of minors, a practice often called gay conversion...
View ArticleU.S. appeals court upholds California ban on gay-c...
California's ban on a controversial therapy aimed at reversing homosexuality in children was upheld by a federal appeals court on Thursday that dismissed arguments by opponents of the measure who...
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