The Ninth Circuit reversed summary judgment for Robinson Helicopter Company, holding that the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 does not require replacement parts to be "substantively altered" from the original design to restart the statute of rep...
The Ninth Circuit has denied petitions for panel and en banc rehearing in a dispute between the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation and the U.S. Department of the Interior over the validity of a land exchange involving ceded tribal lands.
A divided Ninth Circuit panel upheld the NLRB's Gissel bargaining order against ready-mix concrete company Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, requiring it to recognize the Teamsters despite a majority vote against the union in a 2019 election.
The Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s refusal to certify a class of former employees suing Jack in the Box Inc. over unpaid wages for interrupted meal breaks, holding that Oregon law required the fast-food chain to pay workers for shortened 30-minut...
A permanent resident held since August 2023 sits at the center of a Ninth Circuit dispute over whether the court should vacate his removal order outright or send the case back to the BIA — a choice with significant res judicata consequences for any future d...
A Ninth Circuit panel affirmed a jury verdict for a former Idaho National Laboratory security officer fired over his prescription opioid use, rejecting the contractor's argument that the firing was a national security decision immune from judicial review.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for John and Stacy Ambler, holding that the Flathead Conservation District cannot enforce Montana's Natural Streambed and Land Preservation Act of 1975 against land the couple owns inside Glacier National Park bec...
The Ninth Circuit dismissed in part and denied in part Harpreet Singh Khera’s petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision rejecting his claims for special rule cancellation of removal, withholding of removal, and protection under the C...
The Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in Royce v. Bonta, a challenge to California’s SB 277 school vaccination mandate on Free Exercise Clause grounds.
The Ninth Circuit has vacated a three-judge panel decision in Baird v. Bonta and ordered the full court to rehear the Second Amendment challenge to California firearms regulations, according to a brief order entered April 15 by Chief Judge Mary Mur...
The Ninth Circuit granted a petition for review and remanded the case of Denise Allison Williams and her three children to the Board of Immigration Appeals to consider whether equitable tolling applies to their untimely appeal.
The Ninth Circuit vacated the dismissal of Rashid Kambarov's Fair Credit Reporting Act suit against Quality Counts, Inc., holding that the background check firm purposefully directed conduct at Oregon and remanding for the district court to complete its per...
Richard Dale Wright pleaded guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) based on a prior Washington fourth-degree assault conviction, and the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the district court’s denial of his motion...
The Ninth Circuit vacated summary judgment for PeaceHealth Inc. in a False Claims Act retaliation suit brought by Dr. Jonathan Adelstein, holding that a physician's internal complaints about a colleague's billing practices could qualify as protected activit...
The Ninth Circuit denied in part and dismissed in part a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying a motion to reconsider a 2009 cancellation of removal ruling.
The Calder effects test, applied to a background-check company that allegedly published false criminal-history information about an Oregon worker, supports personal jurisdiction in Oregon, a Ninth Circuit panel held.
A federal appeals court ruled that a physician's nonrenewal of contract can constitute False Claims Act retaliation even when the employer had full discretion over renewal.
The Ninth Circuit heard oral argument in a putative class action challenging JetBlue Airways Corporation's handling of Transportation Security Administration security fees on non-refundable tickets. The dispute centers on whether JetBlue's contract of carri...