In Duncan v. Bonta, No. 23-55805 (9th Cir. Mar. 30, 2025) (en banc) – a Second Amendment challenge to California’s ban on large-capacity magazines – the en banc Ninth Circuit debates whether a judge could validly file a video dissent that displays handguns and describing their operation. Judge Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit brokeContinue reading “En Banc Ninth Circuit Panelists Clash Over Validity of a Video Dissent”
Monthly Archives: March 2025
Eleventh Circuit Holds That There Is No Appellate Jurisdiction Over an Order That Both Denies Arbitration and Remands a Removed Case to State Court, Per 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d)
In Wu v. Liu, No. 24-10397 (11th Cir. Mar. 19, 2025), the Eleventh Circuit has to reconcile 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d), which bars appellate review of a district court remand of a removed case, and 9 U.S.C. § 16(a)(1)(C), which affirmatively grants appellate jurisdiction to review orders denying arbitration. For an order that both deniesContinue reading “Eleventh Circuit Holds That There Is No Appellate Jurisdiction Over an Order That Both Denies Arbitration and Remands a Removed Case to State Court, Per 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d)”
Hindu Professors at State University Lacked Article III Standing to Challenge School’s “Caste” Discrimination Policy, Holds Ninth Circuit
In Kumar v. Koester, No. 23-4363 (9th Cir. Mar. 12, 2025), the Ninth Circuit dismisses a constitutional challenge to California State University’s anti-discrimination policy that was recently amended to add “caste” as a protected status. Effective January 1, 2022, CSU’s “Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Misconduct, Sexual Exploitation, Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, Stalking, and RetaliationContinue reading “Hindu Professors at State University Lacked Article III Standing to Challenge School’s “Caste” Discrimination Policy, Holds Ninth Circuit”
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