The Latest Breaking News from Ninth Circuit

Moot beaches, sparking the French Revolution, and cash-bail advocacy.

The 2-1 ruling (divided along surprising ideological lines) is a win for the administration. But they may well still end up losing in the end.

From Day v. California Lutheran Univ., decided yesterday by Ninth Circuit Judges Gabriel Sanchez and Salvador Mendoza, Jr., and District Court Judge Brian Jackson (M.D. La.) (reversing a decision I blogged about last Fall): In January 2020, a group of students from the California Lutheran University ("CLU") women's softball team…

Two Central District of California case reach different results.

Huge tracts of land, Dad does The RICO, and poor prosecutorial behavior

From Project Veritas v. Schmidt, decided Monday by a Ninth Circuit panel in an opinion by Judge Sandra Ikuta, joined by Judge Carlos Bea: Oregon law generally prohibits unannounced recordings of conversations, subject to several exceptions [including for recordings of law enforcement and for recording various crimes that endanger human…

Suing the TSA, unsecured explosives, and basic grammar.

Deposition misconduct, grumpy interrogatories, and protesting the Lawyers' Mall.

Bridges to nowhere, a blindfolded surprise, and a threatening smirk.

Years after the Ninth Circuit ordered the case dismissed, it is brought back to life with a surprising trial court order.

The Supreme Court narrowed the protections of the Clean Water Act to wetlands and other bodies of water directly connected to federal waters;