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Ninth Circuit Upholds Injunction Against California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, Citing First Amendment and Federal Preemption Concerns
This case, Netchoice, LLC v. Bonta, was heard by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and involved a challenge to California's Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC). The AADC is a law designed to prote...
Appellate Court Upholds Firearm Sales Restrictions
Tyler v. Smith, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 20, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The core dispute in Tyler v. Smith involved a challenge to the constitutionality ...
Ninth Circuit Denies Preliminary Injunction in Discrimination Case
Singh v. Bondi, decided by Ninth Circuit on December 1, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ninth Circuit reviewed a district court's denial of a preliminary injunction sought by a former e...
Ninth Circuit Upholds California's Top-Two Primary System
Alliance San Diego v. California Taxpayers Action Network, decided by California Court of Appeal on October 3, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court'...
Sixth Circuit Upholds Florida's "No-Hire" Law Against First Amendment Challenge
Miriam Patricia Vargas-Rodriguez v. Pamela Bondi, decided by Sixth Circuit on September 19, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Sixth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preli...
Florida's ban on selling obscene materials to minors upheld
Garcia Pinach v. Bondi, decided by Second Circuit on August 4, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that Florida's ban on the sale...
Fifth Circuit Upholds UT Austin's Race-Conscious Admissions
Students for Fair Admissions v. UT Austin, decided by Fifth Circuit on July 11, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the District Court's dismissal of a challenge to t...
SCOTUS strikes down Texas law banning simulated child abuse material
Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, decided by Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 2025, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The Supreme Court considered whether a Texas law, SB 1107, w...
SCOTUS strikes down Texas law criminalizing encouragement of illegal immigration
Gutierrez v. Saenz, decided by Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Supreme Court reviewed whether a Texas statute criminalizing the encouragem...
COVID-19 church restrictions violate Free Exercise Clause
Maryville Baptist Church v. Andy Beshear, decided by Sixth Circuit on March 25, 2025, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals considered whether Kentucky's COVID-19 res...