The Ninth Circuit denied California’s petition for review of the FMCSA’s determination that California’s meal and rest break rules are preempted as applied to drivers of passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles, extending the preemption previously upheld for property-carrying v
The Ninth Circuit revived an asthma-based ADA accommodation claim that a California federal court had dismissed as time-barred, holding that the district court erred by failing to consider whether California’s worksharing agreement with the EEOC extended the charge-filing deadline to 300 days.
The Ninth Circuit held that federal agencies likely violated the First Amendment by terminating University of California research grants based on recipients’ perceived viewpoints on DEI and environmental justice, while ruling that a separate class of grant termination challenges falls outside
The Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of motel owners’ constitutional challenge to Los Angeles’s revocation of their use permit after the city declared the property a public nuisance linked to prostitution and criminal activity.
Ninth Circuit vacates a Northern District of California ruling that found fluoride in drinking water at 0.7 mg/L poses unreasonable health risks, holding the judge violated the party presentation principle by commandeering the evidentiary record over both parties’ objections.
Ninth Circuit orders EPA to strengthen regulation of decaBDE, a toxic flame retardant, holding the agency failed to justify exemptions for recycling, waste disposal, wastewater, and sewage sludge under TSCA’s expedited rulemaking mandate.
The Ninth Circuit affirms placement of a southern-California tribe on ATF’s PACT Act non-compliant list, holding that the tribe’s remote cigarette sales to other California tribes are off-reservation activities subject to California’s licensing and excise-tax laws.