Ninth Circuit Supreme Court Update - opinion issued

Ninth Circuit Supreme Court Update1

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The Supreme Court has decided the Ninth Circuit case listed below.

The current term reversal rate based on the total number of cases granted certiorari is 50% (2/4). The current term reversal rate based on the number of decisions issued to date is 100% (2/2).

List of 2024-2025 cases.


CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited, et al. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., et al.; Devas Multimedia Private Ltd. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd.*


*Consolidation at time cert granted of two appeals originating from the same Ninth Circuit decision

Reversed and Remanded 6/5/2025

Supreme Court Opinion     605 U. S. ____ (2025)

Supreme Court Docket     23-1201 (vide 24-17)

Certiorari Granted     10/4/2024

Oral Arguments     3/3/2025

9th Circuit     20-36024, 22-35085, 22-35103

8/1/2023 Memorandum
panel: Miller+, Koh, Molloy (District Judge)
not reported in F.4th (2023 WL 4884882; 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 19755)

2/6/2024 Order denying rehearing en banc.
Bumatay, Circuit Judge, dissented and was joined by Judges Callahan, Ikuta, Bennett, R. Nelson, and VanDyke. Judge O'Scannlain authored a statement respecting the denial agreeing with the views expressed by Judge Bumatay in his dissent.
91 F.4th 1340

SCOTUSblog     summary and case status

Subject Matter     Personal Jurisdiction | Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

Question Presented

Whether plaintiffs must prove minimum contacts before federal courts may assert personal jurisdiction over foreign states sued under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.


Key to Opinion Authorship

* = Authored majority opinion
% = Authored/joined dissenting opinion
+ = Authored concurring opinion
+% = Authored opinion concurring in part, dissenting in part