A federal judge ordered ICE to immediately release a mother and her three children, finding they were likely detained without the due process bond hearing the Constitution requires.
A federal judge granted summary judgment to two California prison officials, ruling that an inmate’s evidence of COVID-19 protocol lapses did not establish the deliberate indifference required for an Eighth Amendment claim.
A federal judge ruled that a competitor’s earlier real-world sales of a similar kitchen utensil defeated a trademark owner’s infringement claim, showing that registration alone doesn’t guarantee priority rights.
A federal magistrate judge let Nupur Sahai’s bad-faith disability-insurance claim go to the jury but dismissed her punitive damages claim against Lincoln National Life, finding no evidence tying the alleged misconduct to a corporate officer, director, or managing agent.
A federal magistrate judge reversed and remanded a Social Security disability denial because the ALJ’s decision never addressed the claimant’s mother’s testimony about her frequent, fluid-triggered need to self-catheterize.
A federal judge dismissed a California contractor’s breach-of-contract and interference claims over 165 reassigned cable-installation work orders, ruling that unapproved ‘open’ work orders never ripened into binding contracts.
A federal judge dismissed a Humboldt County cattle rancher’s civil rights suit over his animal cruelty prosecution, finding prosecutorial and qualified immunity barred most claims and granting only partial leave to amend.
A federal magistrate judge let Joby’s trade secret and contract claims against rival eVTOL maker Archer Aviation and a former employee partly proceed, while dismissing Archer’s counterclaims over Joby’s alleged China ties entirely under the Noerr-Pennington doctrine.
A published California decision holds that section 1102.5 claims may reach later retaliation described as ongoing, but individual supervisors are not personally liable.
Authorized partial payments may restart California’s six-year limitations period for enforcing a promissory note, creating a triable issue here.
A judgment’s generic prevailing-party label does not establish fee entitlement when the successful claim did not enforce CC&Rs or another fee-bearing agreement.
The Ninth Circuit held that denial of the False Claims Act’s military service-member bar is not an immediately appealable collateral order.
A private Clean Water Act consent decree did not preclude Washington’s separate suit because the State was neither a party nor in privity with the settling group.
The Ninth Circuit held that Oregon’s limitations period for a prisoner’s section 1983 claim tolls while mandatory grievance exhaustion is underway.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of constitutional claims arising from a California mental-health detention because the complaint did not plausibly allege an unlawful hold or overcome state sovereign immunity.
The Ninth Circuit held that a prior bankruptcy ruling barred a homeowner from relitigating mortgage-payment and deed-of-trust issues in a later foreclosure suit.
A California federal court dismissed claims that Annie’s fruit snacks deceptively promised fruit juice as the primary sweetener, finding the label truthful and the proposed interpretation implausible.
The court ordered an immediate Social Security benefits award after finding that the agency mishandled extensive migraine evidence and testimony establishing work-preclusive absences.
The court affirmed denial of Social Security benefits because medical evidence, treatment response, daily activities, and part-time work supported discounting the claimant’s symptom testimony.
The court reversed a Social Security denial and ordered further proceedings because the agency inadequately evaluated claimant testimony and a treating provider’s opinions.
A prisoner’s dispute over delayed handling of a check alleged negligence, not a federal constitutional violation, and available post-deprivation remedies satisfied due process.
A district court affirmed denial of contempt sanctions because a secured lender had an objectively reasonable basis to believe its lien enforcement survived the debtor’s discharge.
An employer obtained summary judgment because it offered a reasonable disability accommodation and the employee lacked evidence supporting her related discrimination claims.
The court allowed most consumer and warranty claims over Walmart’s benzoyl peroxide products to proceed while dismissing negligent-misrepresentation and one unjust-enrichment theory.