9th Circuit Has a Bad Day in the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court decided four cases today, and all of them overturned the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals either wholly or in part.
The Forbes blog On the Docket noted the defeats. “The 9th Circuit has a reputation for forging its own path, but today had to be special,” the blog said. “I wonder if this is a record for that bastion of innovative legal thinking on the left coast.”
The blog linked to a SCOTUSblog summary of the cases. The decisions:
• Upheld a law barring material support to terrorist groups.
• Ruled that an employee who claims his entire arbitration agreement with his company is unconscionable must have that dispute resolved by the arbitrator.
• Rejected a nationwide injunction against Roundup Ready alfalfa. The 9th Circuit had allowed the injunction pending further study on whether the genetically engineered seed could affect other crops. Bloomberg News and the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) have additional details.
• Decided that an agreement to litigate a dispute in Japan is binding.
