9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,
U.S. Supreme Court
Nov. 12, 2016
Cases portend another record-breaking year for 9th Circuit
The U.S. Supreme Court opened its 2016-2017 term in October, but in August and September the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had already decided four more cases ready for certiorari.
Lawrence Waddington
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Email: waddington1@aol.com
Lawrence is a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge and former assistant attorney general for the state of California. He is author of "Disorder in the Court" at Amazon.com. He also edits the 9th Circuit blog, "The 9th Circuit Watch."
The U.S. Supreme Court opened its 2016-2017 term in October, but in August and September the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had already decided four more cases ready for certiorari. Ninth Circuit panels reversed two cases on officer shootings; an alleged police contact with a juror (omitted); and an arrest at a government border checkpoint. After the term opened, the 9th Circuit rewrote the same case twice on remand in another one of its Supreme Court reversals. Williams v. Johnson<...
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