Court watchers have differing views on whether proposals to split the circuit will stall or gain traction. Proponents of a split point to Ninth Circuit's size, pending appeals. Critics say ...

The 9th Circuit is no longer the venue of choice for challenges to Donald Trump’s agenda — in large part due to his ...

Senate Republicans will revive a proposal to cleave the Ninth Judicial Circuit ... been nearly five dozen legislative proposals to split the circuit since 1963, according to a 2024 Congressional ...

On January 21, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit enforced a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) order requiring Macy’s to provide workers with heightened ...

President "Trump had a particularly significant impact on the 9th Circuit" in his first term, moving the reliably liberal appeals court to the right. That could influence abortion policy in the West.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a Texas federal court’s decision that invalidated President Joe Biden’s executive ...

A growing circuit split over where out-of-state workers can join Fair Labor Standards Act collectives is at the “heart” of ...

The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals found in a split decision Friday that federal ... At the same time, the 9th Circuit ruled that one court had gone too far by tossing out thousands of leases from ...

9th Circuit ruling is at odds with recent 3rd ... Tom Spiggle said the contrasting appellate opinions create a circuit split “that is ripe for SCOTUS consideration.” And he noted that the ...

The Ninth Circuit’s decision sets up a split with the Third Circuit on the issue of available remedies under the NLRA. In its analysis of the issue, the Third Circuit held that the Board’s ...