September 2026

1. Zunum Aero, Inc. v. The Boeing Company

   United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Jurisdiction

   Appellate jurisdiction — Federal Circuit's exclusive jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(1) turns on whether a patent counterclaim is compulsory under FRCP 13(a); scope of supplemental jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a) over state-law claims tied to a permissive federal counterclaim

2. State of California v. United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives

   United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Jurisdiction

   Article III standing — causation requirement where a plaintiff's injury depends on unregulated third parties' predicted reactions to agency under-regulation

3. Przybocki v. United States Department of Agriculture

   United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Jurisdiction

   Article III standing — listener standing to bring a First Amendment right-to-receive-information challenge; pre-enforcement speaker standing under the credible-threat-of-prosecution test

4. People v. SanMiguel

   Supreme Court of California · Civil Procedure

   Peremptory challenges — behavior-based reasons under Code Civ. Proc. § 231.7, subdivision (g)

5. People v. Hyatt

   Supreme Court of California · Criminal Procedure

   Appealability of a magistrate's dismissal of a felony complaint under Penal Code §§ 1235, 1238(a)(8); timing of a Penal Code § 1381 speedy-trial demand

6. People v. Hernandez

   Supreme Court of California · Criminal Procedure

   Standard of review on a Penal Code § 1473.7(a)(1) motion to vacate a guilty plea for immigration-consequence error

7. People v. Esquivias

   Supreme Court of California · Criminal Procedure

   Habeas corpus relief — scope of resentencing where a habeas claim seeks discrete, non-constitutional sentencing relief under Estrada

8. People of the State of California v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

   United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Jurisdiction

   Appellate jurisdiction — collateral order doctrine; whether a denial of Communications Decency Act § 230 immunity is immediately appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1291

9. Maniago v. Desert Cardiology Consultants' Medical Group, Inc.

   Supreme Court of California · Civil Procedure

   Appealability — voluntary dismissal as an appealable judgment

10. Hickenbottom v. Medical Solutions LLC

    California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One · Civil Procedure

    Renewed motions — a second motion to compel arbitration based on a different contract is still a "renewal" under § 1008(b), and denial of a noncompliant renewed motion is not appealable

11. Gharraee v. Trader Joe's Company

    California Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District · Civil Procedure

    Appealability — a notice of appeal rejected under an invalid local e-filing rule is deemed filed as of its original electronic submission date

12. Doe v. Marysville Joint Unified School District

    Supreme Court of California · Civil Procedure

    Claim preclusion — effect of the federal two-dismissal rule on a later state court action

13. Ari Law P.C. v. Autonation.com, Inc.

    California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Four · Civil Procedure

    Sanctions safe harbor — notice of motion need not specify a hearing date

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