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Ninth Circuit Endorses Calendar Lies in the Interest of Justice
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Rent lied to us. All the singing and dancing about five-hundred-twenty-five-thousand-six-hundred-minutes? Nonsense. In a case to file under...
Boehner, BLAG Will Appeal DOMA Ruling
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Republican leaders are appealing last week’s Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Attorneys filed the appeal on behalf...
Ninth Circuit Upholds California DNA Act
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
A suspect may be innocent until proven guilty, but any suspect arrested for a serious crime in California can be swabbed for a DNA sample. Today, the Ninth...
ProtectMarriage Asks for Prop 8 En Banc Rehearing
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
We all knew that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Prop 8 ruling wasn't the end of the Perry v. Brown battle; the question, however, was whether...
No Sympathy for Prosecutorial Misconduct Discretion Plea
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Publicity, according to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, is a two-way street. This week, the Ninth Circuit rejected a motion to eliminate a prosecutor's...
Plaintiff Must Allege Unreasonable Safety Hazard in CLRA Claim
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
On Thursday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court decision to dismiss a case against Hewlett-Packard, finding that the district court...