The Latest Breaking News from The Ninth Circuit

Twenty years ago to the day, the CVRA took effect ... changing the legal culture in federal criminal cases.

A federal judge on Friday delayed an order requiring Google to open up its Android app store to more competition until an appeals court decides whether to block the shake-up because of legal questions surrounding a jury’s verdict that branded Google as an illegal monopolist

Equity training, intrusive questions, and a sorry mofo.

The plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States are seeking Supreme Court intervention to revive their case against the federal government.

From Miller v. Sawant, decided Thursday by Ninth Circuit Judges William Fletcher, Carlos Bea, and John Owens: In February 2016, Miller and Spaulding [two Seattle police officers] fatally shot Che Andre Taylor, a Black man, as they tried to arrest him. Miller and Spaulding's [defamation] complaint … against [Seattle City…

Nonaggressive dogs, tactical vests, and the entire internet.

As yesterday's post noted, the injunction provides, [1.] Defendants [UCLA officials] … are prohibited from offering any ordinarily available programs, activities, or campus areas to students if Defendants know the ordinarily available programs, activities, or campus areas are not fully and equally accessible to Jewish students. [2.] Defendants are prohibited…

There are numerous examples of how the league seems to be able to weather any threat or setback in its march toward unseen heights in popularity and prosperity.

My speculation was just the tip.

From footnote 1 to Judge Lawrence VanDyke's dissent from the grant of rehearing en banc (recall that "dissental" is a relatively new legal term meaning "dissent from denial of rehearing en banc," which has enjoyed some popularity): While dissentals are more common, judges on both this and other courts have,…

The first of two rulings, and why I find it unpersuasive.