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9th Circ. Overturns 34-Year-Old Arizona Death Sentence
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
The Ninth Circuit just overturned a 1982 death sentence handed down by an Arizona court because it found that the convicted was intellectually disabled at the...
Arrest the Wrong Mario Garcia, Lose Qualified Immunity
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
When Mario Garcia was arrested for a DUI in Riverside County, California, the police booking system matched him to an outstanding felony warrant in Los...
Will Judge Lucy 'You Must Be Smoking Crack' Koh Join the 9th Cir?
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
The Ninth Circuit may soon be getting a new judge and it is likely to be Northern District of California Judge Lucy Koh, the San Jose Mercury News reports....
Arizona Governor: We Want Out of the 9th Circuit!
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
Is the Ninth Circuit too liberal? Arizona's governor seems to think so. Recently, he spearheaded an effort to break up the nation's largest circuit. Is this...
Amgen ERISA Case Is Back Again to Haunt the 9th Circuit
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
It looks like Ninth Circuit Judge Kozinski was particularly prescient in his prediction. SCOTUS has handed down a reversal to the federal appeals court, thus...
Plaintiff Entitled to Attorneys' Fees in City of Laguna Beach Case
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
In a rather circuitous line of cases generally revolving the issue of free speech, a plaintiff in Laguna Beach California successfully convinced the Ninth...
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