Tag: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Recent Legal Battle Latest in War to Protect the American Worker
Government labor unions will stop at nothing in their war to undermine the U.S. Supreme Court and diminish the protections afforded public employees by the First Amendment. From the highest echelons of the judiciary to payroll departments across the land,...
Federal Court Strikes Down AB 51
In 2019, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 51 by then-Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) as Chapter 711. The bill added Government Code Section 12953 and Labor Code Section 432.6. The bill, as enacted, prohibited a person from requiring any applicant for...
Lawsuit Challenging Recall Election System In California Rejected By Federal Appellate Court
A civil rights lawsuit that challenged California’s recall election system, as well the candidate being recalled not being allowed to be in the list of replacement candidates, was rejected by the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this...
Appeals Court Rules In Favor Of San Diego Police Chalking Tires of Parked Cars
San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliot announced on Thursday that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that San Diego could still use tire chalking as a way to determine if cars had overstayed their time limits for parking on...
Appeals Court Upholds Google Streetview Settlement, Ends 11-Year-Old Privacy Case
The San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday to uphold Google’s $13 million settlement payment to nine privacy advocacy groups, finally ending the Joffe v. Google case that has been challenged for over eleven years. In 2010,...
Appellate Court Issues Temporary Stay Against Prison Worker Vaccination Mandate
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel accepted a stay request on a prison worker mandatory vaccination case during the weekend, temporarily suspending the vaccination order for prison workers in the state. The fight over mandatory vaccination orders for...