The Latest Breaking News from The Ninth Circuit

The first argued case to be decided is dismissed.

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

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.

Justice Gorsuch's majority opinion in Grants Pass leaned heavily on cert-stage and merit-stage amicus briefs from progressive jurisdictions.