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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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
Feb
7
2017
Ninth Circuit Accords Chevron Deference To SEC, What Would Judge Gorsuch Say? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
6
2017
Lack Of Prejudice Results In Limited Sanction Against Defendant Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
6
2017
Ninth Circuit Finds Article III Standing, Dismisses TCPA Action for Failure to Effectively Revoke Consent K&L Gates
Feb
6
2017
Travel Ban Update: Ninth Circuit Court Refused Emergency Government Request to Continue Implementation of EO Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
6
2017
Travel Ban Temporarily Enjoined Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
3
2017
Ninth Circuit Rules on Standing, Revocation of Consent Faegre Drinker
Feb
3
2017
Are You Ready for Some Football? A Pocket Playbook for HR Managers Navigating Competitive Recruiting Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
3
2017
U.S. District Court Finds Personal Jurisdiction In Derivative Suit Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
2
2017
Ninth Circuit’s Recent Patent Local Rules Amendments: Elevating Damages Considerations to Same Level as Infringement and Invalidity Contentions Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
31
2017
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues Group of Law Firms and Attorneys for Illegal Debt Relief Scheme Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
31
2017
Despite Failure to Employ “Best Practices,” Lack of Sufficient Prejudice Results in Lesser Sanctions K&L Gates
Jan
31
2017
FTC and DeVry University Settle False Advertising Claims for $100M Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
30
2017
An Employee Fails to Return from Leave As Originally Scheduled—Has That Employee “Voluntarily Resigned”? Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
30
2017
The DTSA and Civil Seizure Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65 Mintz
Jan
27
2017
Ninth Circuit Breaks New Ground, Addresses Standing and Extraneous Content in Background Check Disclosure Forms/Screens Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
25
2017
California Court Rules Sarbanes-Oxley Preempts California Law Regarding Privileged Communications in Suit by Former In-House Counsel Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
25
2017
Ninth Circuit Rejects Heightened Standard for Demonstrating Likelihood of Competitive Harm Under FOIA Exemption 4 Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
24
2017
Central District of California Holds That Insurance Renewal Notifications Are Not Telemarketing Under the TCPA Faegre Drinker
Jan
23
2017
Revisiting Ascertainability: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Weighs in on “Ascertainability” for Class Certification K&L Gates
Jan
19
2017
Ninth Circuit Court Limits False Claims Act Liability for Alleged Unlawful Marketing of Pharmaceuticals Faegre Drinker
Jan
19
2017
Sanctions Imposed for Failure to Preserve Call Recordings K&L Gates
Jan
18
2017
Do Routine Calls by Health Plans to Patients and Health Plan Members Constitute “Telemarketing” Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act? Not Today! Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
18
2017
Case Halted: California Court Denies Class Certification in Ford Defective Steering Case Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
18
2017
Ninth Circuit Holds that Foreclosure Trustee is Not Subject to Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
18
2017
A Secured Lender Must Receive Default Interest Under a Chapter 11 Plan Purporting to Cure a Defaulted Loan in the Ninth Circuit Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
18
2017
TCPA Class-Action Plaintiff Must Arbitrate Claims K&L Gates
Jan
17
2017
California Court Declines to Issue Defend Trade Secrets Act Seizure Order Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
12
2017
Ninth Circuit Rejects Administrative Infeasibility As A Basis For Decertifying Class Actions Keller and Heckman LLP
Jan
12
2017
Ninth Circuit Holds Debtor Must Pay Default Interest Rate in Order to Cure Under Bankruptcy Plan Murtha Cullina
 

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