U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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Beep! Beep! Split California appeals court says honking car horn to support political cause not protected free speech
A divided appeals panel has ruled that under California law, the only car honking allowed is to warn of danger, not show support for political causes, such as protestors outside a congressman's office -
Appeals panel: Jehovah's Witness should get chance to argue California Loyalty Oath violates her religious rights
A woman, who is an adherent of the Jehovah's Witnesses faith, says the state Controller's Office discriminated against her on the basis of religion, when it refused to hire her when she declined to sign a Loyalty Oath to the state she said would force her to violate her religious beliefs -
Court grounds plan for new terminal at Burbank airport, saying construction noise will bother neighbors who live near I-5
The ruling favors the city of Los Angeles in its effort to shut down plans to build a new terminal at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank -
Appeals panel: Fast fashion upstart can't prove Fashion Nova violated antitrust law thru forced supplier boycott
Fashion Nova successfully asked vendors to stop doing business with Honey Bum, but didn't necessarily violate any laws, a federal appeals court ruled -
Federal court revives challenge to AB5, says Uber, Postmates have shown they were 'singled out' by lawmakers
A federal court has revived a suit by Uber and Postmates that seeks to block a law that makes them treat their drivers as employees, not contractors, saying there are indications the legislator behind the law "singled out" the two companies because of "animus." -
Appeals panel says Twitter not a private enforcer of state 'misinformation' rules, even though user restricted at state's request
A federal court has ruled Twitter and the state of California did not collude to kick a user off Twitter, but rather the social media company's interest in limiting alleged "election misinformation" "aligns" with the state's -
Split appeals panel says Amazon warehouse at San Bernardino airport won't harm air quality; dissenting judge calls out 'environmental racism'
A divided appeals court has ruled a planned Amazon cargo center at San Bernardino International Airport will not harm the environment, but a dissenting judge complained the center will endanger the health of blacks and Hispanics who live near the proposed location. -
Appeals court will rehear suit in which qualified immunity shielded San Diego cops from suit alleging they let woman die of overdose
The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will rehear a case, in which San Diego Police are accused of letting a woman die in custody, after the panel previously ruled police were not liable because of qualified immunity. -
Appeals panel blocks AB51, says anti-arbitration law represents try by state to skirt federal law, prior court rulings
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said the threat of criminal and civil penalties against employers served to deter employers from forming arbitration agreements with workers, violating federal law -
Appeals panel turns out lights on class action vs Ticketmaster over excessive ticket fees; Dispute goes to abritration
Judges determined an arbitration clause in a user agreement under Ticketmaster's terms and conditions dooms the attempt to sue the industry leader over allegedly excessive online ticketing fees -
Ninth Circuit asks Cal Supreme Court to decide if French Laundry can win Covid insurance coverage
Exclusive Napa restaurant - cite of infamous Covid-era dinner party that helped spark recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom - is asking courts to order Hartford Insurance to reimburse it for losses suffered under Newsom's Covid shutdown orders -
Ninth Circuit rules against UC-Irvine professor's COVID-19 vaccine lawsuit
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty argued in his original complaint that not allowing vaccine exemptions for natural immunity is unconstitutional. -
Ninth Circuit rules in favor of the Election Integrity Project, allowing litigation to proceed to discovery
Federal appellate court allows Election Integrity Project to inspect 2020 election machines -
Ninth Circuit upholds federal judge's ban on Prop 65 litigation requiring cancer warning labels
Defense attorneys have a new tool under their belt to fend off acrylamide litigation now that the Ninth Circuit dismissed a challenge to a preliminary injunction that bans new Proposition 65 warning requirement lawsuits -
Election Integrity Project on appeal: 'Vote dilution includes vote negation and vote cancellation'
EIP and a coalition of GOP Congressional candidates sued various county election officials and Gov. Gavin Newsom in the Central District of California alleging the state's voting practices are unconstitutional -
Federal court will oversee enforcement of multimillion-dollar settlement agreement for L.A. homeless
The county agreed to commit $236 million to fund homelessness services while the city of Los Angeles will pay $74 million to acquire shelters and housing. -
Oral arguments in Mormon Church tithing lawsuit set at Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal
The Mormon Church is defending on appeal what a federal trial court decided in James Huntsman v Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. -
Ninth circuit to decide whether lifeguards were denied their First Amendment rights by a union
A panel of federal appellate judges is set to decide whether a union denied lifeguards their First Amendment rights -
Ninth Circuit reverses injunction that stopped San Diego Unified School District vaccine mandate
SAn Diego student-athlete denied COVID vaccine injunction by the Ninth Circuit plans SCOTUS appeal -
Ninth Circuit reverses preliminary injunction that would have prohibited arbitration claims
A three-judge 9th Circuit Court of Appeal panel partially reversed a ruling by U.S.