The Latest Breaking News from The Ninth Circuit

United States v. Hansen signals the Court is not willing to "strike down" laws that may, hypothetically, burden someone else's speech rights.

Jack Daniel's prevails against dog toy maker.

Thomas assigned the majority to Justice Gorsuch, but he couldn't hold five all the way.

California law provides, (a) The driver of a motor vehicle when reasonably necessary to insure safe operation shall give audible warning with his horn. (b) The horn shall not otherwise be used, except as a theft alarm system. The Ninth Circuit upheld this law earlier this month, against a challenge…

Butter or spray; liars and bad cops; and SecretAgentRandyBeans.

A local California ordinance prohibiting natural gas hookups in new construction conflicts with federal law according to a federal appellate court.

Welcome to the April 17 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

There's long been a dispute about whether religious freedom provisions limit the government's power related to religious sites on government land. These are usually American Indian sites, though in principle they might be other religious sites as well. In Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Ass'n (1988), the Court held…

From Doe v. HireRight LLC, decided yesterday by Judge Stephen McNamee (D. Ariz.): Four years ago, Plaintiff was charged with two felonies. As part of a plea agreement, he pled guilty to both charges in exchange for one of the charges being downgraded to a misdemeanor. Thus, he was convicted…