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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Mar
9
2017
Ninth Circuit — Dodd-Frank Protects Internal Whistleblowers Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
8
2017
LendingClub Update: Class Plaintiffs Claim Defendants Are “Arguing Facts” on a Motion to Dismiss Mintz
Mar
8
2017
Ninth Circuit Court Order Suggests It May Put Out To Pasture California’s Law Preventing Internet Publication of Hollywood Actors’ Ages Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
6
2017
Google vs. Uber: Tech Giants Square Off Over Driverless IP Jones Walker LLP
Mar
3
2017
California District Court Addresses Whistleblower’s Self-Help Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
2
2017
What Does Made in the USA Actually Mean? ArentFox Schiff LLP
Mar
2
2017
Remove That Liability Waiver From Your FCRA Disclosure Form Holland & Hart LLP
Mar
1
2017
Lanham Act Cannot Be Used to Create “Species of Mutant Copyright Law” McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
28
2017
Usenet Server Owners, Operators Are Not Directly or Secondarily Liable for Copyright Infringement McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
28
2017
Ninth Circuit Made-in-the-U.S.A. Complaint Does Not Make the Cut: Hass v. Citizens of Humanity Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
24
2017
Ninth Circuit Confirms FCRA Disclosure Cannot Include Liability Waiver Polsinelli PC
Feb
24
2017
Employer Commits Willful Violation of Fair Credit Reporting Act By Including Waiver In Statutorily Mandated Disclosure Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
17
2017
Recent Decisions Clarify (Un)Enforceability of Class Action Waivers in Employment Agreements Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
17
2017
Indian Nations Law Update - February 2017: Ninth Circuit Rejects Tribal Online Lenders’ “Co-Regulator” Argument Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Feb
16
2017
Plaintiffs Face Challenges in Cellular Phone Application Privacy Litigation Faegre Drinker
Feb
15
2017
California Teachers Renew Challenge to Union “Fair Share” Fees Polsinelli PC
Feb
14
2017
Will Ninth Circuit Verdict Encourage Counsel To Become Healthcare Relators? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
13
2017
Opposition to Travel Ban EO Includes Tech Firms and Others Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
11
2017
Provisional Revocation of Visas Stemming from Executive Order Lifted; Further Updates Forthcoming Mintz
Feb
10
2017
Central District of California Dismisses TCPA Claims Due to a Lack of Traceability Faegre Drinker
Feb
10
2017
Golf Course Sunk by Faulty Follow-Through in Hole in One Insurance Dispute Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
10
2017
Travel Ban Update: Ninth Circuit Ruling and What’s Next Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
10
2017
Ninth Circuit Court Denies Government’s Request to Reinstate Travel Suspensions Hunton Andrews Kurth
Feb
10
2017
Ninth Circuit Denies Government’s Motion to Stay District Court’s Order Blocking Travel Ban Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
10
2017
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms TRO – Stay of Travel Ban Executive Order Remains in Place Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
10
2017
U.S. Court of Appeals Declines to Stay Temporary Restraining Order in connection with Executive Order Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
10
2017
Ninth Circuit Upholds TRO Halting President Trump’s Immigration Travel Ban Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Feb
9
2017
Federal Trade Commission Case Will Test Its Power in Internet of Things Space Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
9
2017
Weighty Issues: Obesity And The But-For Test Under The ADAAA Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
9
2017
California Federal Jury Awards Former General Counsel $10.8 Million In Damages Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
8
2017
New Rules in Ninth Circuit Aim to Encourage Patent Case Settlements Mintz
Feb
8
2017
Ninth Circuit Holds Alleged Violations of Aspirational Corporate Conduct Standards Insufficient to State Claim for Securities Fraud Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
7
2017
Ex-General Counsel Awarded $8 Million For Retaliatory Firing Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
7
2017
Impact of Immigration-Related Executive Order on Global Employers Hunton Andrews Kurth
Feb
7
2017
Ninth Circuit Rejects First Amendment Challenge to TCPA Faegre Drinker
 

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