Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals News

A recent California decision should make it easier for insurers to attack allegations at the pleading stage in state court actions.

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Ideally, governmental bodies would refrain from including prayers - even ecumenical, "lowest-common-denominator" ones - in their public proceedings.

A federal appeals court is giving a man who wants to open a swingers club called "Sextasy" in a Las Vegas shopping center another chance to prove he was improperly denied a county business license.

This week the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Arizona's law prohibiting abortion at or after 20 weeks of pregnancy - a law that was based on uncontroverted medical evidence that abortion's risks to maternal health increase dramatically at 20 weeks gestation.

Prosecutors now say they won't seek a death sentence for Lacey Mark Sivak, who was one of the longest occupants of Idaho's Death Row after being sentenced to death in 1981 for the murder of Dixie Wilson; his sentence was reversed on appeal in 2011, and he's up for re-sentencing this fall.

These Republicans want to move ahead despite recent court decisions that have struck down similar state laws.

Governor Jerry Brown named three prosecutors, including the state attorney general's top deputy, to the San Francisco Superior Court bench Tuesday.

The Army suspended the commander of its main basic training camp Tuesday for alleged adultery, the latest in a string of military officers accused of sexual misconduct.

Normally, it's uncomfortable at best to hear a federal judge - let alone a panel of three - thunder criticism from the bench.

May 21 - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today struck down an Arizona law that would ban almost all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency.

Cleveland Play House Joins Nationwide Productions of Landmark Marriage Equality Play by Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter of Milk & J. Edgar On February 7, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a landmark decision upholding the historic August 2010 ruling of the Federal District Court that found Proposition 8 ... (more)

A federal appeals court says a key legal issue remains unresolved regarding whether a southern Arizona tribe was rightfully awarded reservation status for its planned casino site in the Phoenix area.

It's notoriously pro-business. It's longstanding. In Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railway , it granted corporations legal personhood.

Earlier this month, four Prenda-linked lawyers were hit with serious sanctions by a Los Angeles federal judge.

A tattooed inmate in one of California's most remote prisons will now get his moment in the Supreme Court sun, along with a shot at clarifying the rules governing certain law enforcement searches.

COURT CLEARS COMMERCIALIZATION OF ROUNDUP READY ALFALFA May 20, 2013 Agri-Pulse reports: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld USDA's decision to commercialize genetically engineered alfalfa, according to the decision published Friday.

"Third time's the charm," advised Chairman Rob Bishop , as the bill conveying the submerged lands around the 14 Northern Mariana Islands to the Commonwealth passed the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday afternoon.

Former Guam resident Neil Weare will be on Saipan today, May 17, to launch a new organization, We the People Project, that is dedicated to achieving equal rights and representation for the 4.7 million Americans who live in U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.