9th u.s. circuit court of appeals

Federal Court Orders California to Pay $4.5 Million in Attorneys’ Fees in Landmark Parental Rights Win

April 1, 2026 6:00 amApril 1, 2026 11:44 am

A federal court yesterday ordered the State of California to pay $4.52 million in attorneys’ fees to Thomas More Society attorneys in Mirabelli v. Bonta, the landmark parental rights case challenging California’s policy of concealing children’s gender transitions from their...

U.S. Supreme Court Smacks Down California’s Law Prohibiting Schools from Notifying Parents of Child Transgenderism

March 2, 2026 5:01 pmMarch 2, 2026 8:51 pm

In a huge smackdown to California Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, Superintendent Tony Thurmond, and elected Democrats, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling today blocking California’s law prohibiting schools from notifying parents if their child is transgender....

9th U.S. Circuit Court Of Appeals Rules Against Uber, Postmates

June 10, 2024 12:45 pm

A revived legal challenge against California’s AB 5 employee classification law by Uber and Postmates was rejected by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in Monday, becoming the latest loss by companies in trying to reign...

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear California Offshore Fracking Ban Case

June 5, 2023 9:09 pmJune 5, 2023 9:09 pm

A nearly decade-long battle over offshore fracking in federal waters off the shore of California ended on Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge against a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that reaffirmed the...

BREAKING: California’s Under-21 Firearms Sale Ban Overturned in 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

May 11, 2022 4:04 pmMay 12, 2022 6:05 am

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 on Wednesday that California’s ban on sales of semiautomatic weapons to those under 21 violated the second amendment and thus is unconstitutional. According to the Jones v. Bonta decision, which reversed...

Study Finds California’s Meal and Rest Break Law Would Substantially Harm Airline Operations

March 15, 2022 4:19 pmApril 3, 2022 4:34 pm

A study by Canadian travel consulting firm InterVistas released on Tuesday found that the higher number and frequency of breaks and meal breaks under California law over federal law will cost the airline industry between $3.5 billion and $8.5 billion...

Appellate Court Rules LA, Ventura Counties Violated 2nd Amendment During Pandemic

January 21, 2022 2:42 amJanuary 20, 2022 8:53 pm

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that Los Angeles County and Ventura County violated the second amendment during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 by shutting down gun and ammunition stores, reversing an...