9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Appeals court uphelds state prostitution law

A sex workers' advocacy group lost a bid to a federal appeals court to overturn a 146-year-old California law that…

6 years ago

DOJ presses Supreme Court to reverse DACA ruling

The U.S. Department of Justice will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision by a federal judge in…

6 years ago

Judges hear arguments in kids’ climate change lawsuit

A panel of federal appeals court judges in San Francisco seemed inclined Monday to allow a wide-ranging climate-change lawsuit to…

6 years ago

Sex workers argue in court for legal prostitution

A lawyer for a sex workers' advocacy group asked a federal appeals court in San Francisco today to overturn a…

7 years ago

Court blocks San Francisco soda warnings

A federal appeals court blocked a San Francisco law that required advertisements for sodas and other sugary drinks to carry…

7 years ago

Appeals court hears monkey copyright case

Can a monkey own the copyright to a famous series of selfies he took of himself in an Indonesian jungle?

7 years ago

Supreme Court lets concealed gun law stand

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday left in place a California law that limits the carrying of concealed guns..

7 years ago

9th Circuit refuses to delay travel ban appeal

A federal appeals court in San Francisco Monday rejected a U.S. Justice Department request to put on hold its appeal…

7 years ago

Cities, counties urge Supreme Court to rule on certain constitutional protections for immigrants held in detention

Twenty U.S. cities and counties led by Santa Clara County have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that immigrants…

7 years ago

California officials praise ruling as Trump vows appeal

A federal appeals court in San Francisco declined Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's Jan. 27 ban on travel from…

7 years ago

Court maintains freeze on travel ban, Trump vows further appeal

A federal appeals court in San Francisco declined Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travel from seven predominantly…

7 years ago

Judges swat away Trump travel ban appeal

A federal appeals court in San Francisco declined Thursday to reinstate President Trump's ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries.…

7 years ago

9th Circuit next stop for Trump immigration battle

A federal appeals court in San Francisco will hear arguments at 3 p.m. Tuesday on whether to reinstate a ban…

7 years ago

San Francisco appeals court mulls travel ban

A federal appeals court in San Francisco is mulling whether to halt a lower court order that blocked President Donald…

7 years ago

Appeals court advances two Samsung class-action lawsuits

A federal appeals court ruled in San Francisco Thursday that two consumer lawsuits filed over Samsung smartphones can't be forced…

7 years ago

Appeals court dismisses challenge against California egg law

A federal appeals court in San Francisco Thursday dismissed a challenge by six states to a California law that requires…

7 years ago

Court protects medical pot users from prosecution

A U.S. appeals court ruled in San Francisco Tuesday that medical cannabis users and growers can't be federally prosecuted if…

8 years ago

Conviction upheld in MS-13 gang leader’s slaying

A federal appeals court in San Francisco Monday rejected a Norteño gang member's challenge to his second-degree murder conviction for…

8 years ago

Feds mull appeal in Barry Bonds case

Federal prosecutors announced they are considering appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the obstruction of justice conviction of…

9 years ago

Bonds appeal overturns steroids felony

A federal appeals court in San Francisco overturned former Giants slugger Barry Bonds' conviction for obstructing justice.

9 years ago

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