Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals News

Cleveland Play House Joins Nationwide Productions of Landmark Marriage Equality Play by Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter of Milk & J. Edgar On February 7, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a landmark decision upholding the historic August 2010 ruling of the Federal District Court that found Proposition 8 ... (more)

A federal appeals court says a key legal issue remains unresolved regarding whether a southern Arizona tribe was rightfully awarded reservation status for its planned casino site in the Phoenix area.

It's notoriously pro-business. It's longstanding. In Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railway , it granted corporations legal personhood.

Earlier this month, four Prenda-linked lawyers were hit with serious sanctions by a Los Angeles federal judge.

A tattooed inmate in one of California's most remote prisons will now get his moment in the Supreme Court sun, along with a shot at clarifying the rules governing certain law enforcement searches.

COURT CLEARS COMMERCIALIZATION OF ROUNDUP READY ALFALFA May 20, 2013 Agri-Pulse reports: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld USDA's decision to commercialize genetically engineered alfalfa, according to the decision published Friday.

"Third time's the charm," advised Chairman Rob Bishop , as the bill conveying the submerged lands around the 14 Northern Mariana Islands to the Commonwealth passed the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday afternoon.

Former Guam resident Neil Weare will be on Saipan today, May 17, to launch a new organization, We the People Project, that is dedicated to achieving equal rights and representation for the 4.7 million Americans who live in U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.

It's early morning on Point Reyes National Seashore north of San Francisco. Oystermen push an old wooden boat into low tide and leap aboard.

A federal judge has again ordered Wells Fargo & Co to pay $203 million to settle class action litigation accusing it of imposing excessive overdraft fees on checking account customers, reviving an award that had been thrown out last year.

May 14, 2013 5:01 pm By Edmond Y. Azadian It is well said by English historian and writer Lord Acton that power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

On the surface, In re HP Inkjet Printer Litigation doesn't seem like the kind of class action settlement that would get a thumbs-down from the Ninth Circuit.

Hong Kong-based Oron.com says it's just an ordinary cloud storage company, like Dropbox or Apple's iCloud.

California Courier Online, May 16, 2013 1 - Commentary White House Files Politically-Motivated, Anti-Armenian Brief to US Supreme Court By Harut Sassounian Publisher, the California Courier 2 - Dr.

Obama Asks Supreme Court Not to Hear Insurance Claims Case http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2013/05/14/obama-asks-supreme-court-not-to-hear-insurance-claims-case/ ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, NATIONAL NEWS MAY 14, 2013 3:27 PM WASHINGTON - The Obama Administration urged the Supreme Court not to hear the appeal of the Ninth Circuit's 2012 decision striking down ... (more)

Calling the Drakes Bay Oyster Co. a "shining example of sustainable agriculture," a lawyer for the business urged a federal appeals court in San Francisco Tuesday to allow the company to keep operating.

After an illegal left turn and near-collision with their police cruiser, Officers Matthew Ellis and Officer Daron Wyatt acted reasonably when they ran the van's plates.

A wildlife organization is making a new legal challenge to block the use of a helicopter to haze bison back into Yellowstone National Park.

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco appears to be ready to rule against a controversial oyster farm in Point Reyes, according to reporters and environmentalists who attended today's hearing.

"Federal court rules Anaheim officers didn't use excessive force; A divided U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that the two officers didn't use excessive force in a 2009 incident in which a suspect was fatally shot": Maura Dolan has this article in today's edition of The Los Angeles Times reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals ... (more)