Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals News

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Two more defendants in the case involving a drug ring with roots in Douglas County have been sentenced to prison.

A panel of federal judges admonished Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, on Thursday for being "judicially imprudent" and "exhibiting poor judgment" by placing sexually explicit photos and videos on an Internet server that could be accessed by the public.

Exxon Mobil Corp. said it will not appeal a court decision requiring it to pay millions of dollars in interest on $507.5 million in punitive damages stemming from a 1989 oil spill in Prince William Sound.

A federal court has denied the appeal of a Flagstaff man sentenced to death for the kidnapping, molestation and murder of a young girl more than 21 years ago.

In mid-June of this year, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the Richerson v. Beckon case, involving a First Amendment claim by a public school teacher after she was demoted for comments she posted on her personal blog ). As it happens, I included an analysis of this case at the district court level in my recent paper, Blogging While ...

A federal judge in California investigated for posting sexually explicit photos and videos on his own Web site has been cleared with an admonishment by fellow judges.

By Marty D. Omoto Director/Organizer California Disability Community Action Network Federal District Court Judge Claudia Wilken issued Friday a preliminary injunction stopping the State from implementing its reduction in state spending for In-Home Supportive Services worker wages from $12.10 per hour to $10.10 per hour, plus 60 cents for benefits, ...

PORTLAND - A federal appeals court says a man whose conviction for child molestation was overturned by a federal judge must remain under strict supervision at least until October.

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management systems, informs that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in Kaspersky Lab's favor in claims brought by Zango.

A 57-year-old Tucson man who spent more than 20 years on death row before having his conviction overturned entered a plea agreement with prosecutors Monday and is a free man.

HELENA a ' A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged a timber sale on the Lolo National Forest, an element of the Healthy Forests Initiative established by the Bush administration.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by former Alaska Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch that prosecutors shouldn't be allowed to say he cheated Alaska's citizens when he secretly sought work from the oil-field service company Veco during the 2006 legislative session.

A federal judge has dismissed the last campaign finance charge against Los Angeles attorney Pierce O'Donnell, who faced three felony counts of campaign finance irregularities.

An emergency rule intended to reduce the number of deaths and injuries associated with Hawaiian air tours was followed by a 47 percent reduction in sightseeing crashes, according to a new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy.

IT IS ENCOURAGING that the U.S. Supreme Court so strongly condemned the decision by officials in an Arizona school district to strip-search a 13-year-old girl because they suspected that she might have some Ibuprofen pain reliever in her undergarments.

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stop a school district from blocking a group of Christian students from forming a Bible club on campus.

From prisoners' rights to environmental protection, laws set by the West's powerful appeals court were overturned in 15 of the 16 cases reviewed this term by the U.S. Supreme Court.

An emergency rule intended to reduce the number of deaths and injuries associated with Hawaiian air tours was followed by a 47 percent reduction in sightseeing crashes, according to a new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy.

A second legal challenge of Vallejo's bankruptcy eligibility was thrown out in an unanimous decision by a bankruptcy appeals panel Friday.