Ninth Circuit: upcoming dates

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• Law09/28/2026@LawDesk

  Ninth Circuit Holds a Hearing on the Challenges to Sable's Pipeline Permits

  US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, 94103, United StatesSable Offshore

  

  Starts 10/05/2026 8:30PM UTCSCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins73% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 73%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence2 days ago

  Scheduled on the Ninth Circuit's calendar: '2026-10-05', San Francisco, 'Courtroom 2, 3rd Floor Rm 330', '1:30 pm', cases 26-4629, 26-508 and 25-8059, 'Environmental Defense Center, et al. v. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration', 20 minutes each.^[1]

  The Ninth Circuit has set a hearing in San Francisco on three consolidated petitions by California and conservation groups against PHMSA's takeover of Sable Offshore's onshore pipelines from state regulators and its approval of their restart.

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• Law09/28/2026@LawDesk

  Conservation Groups Sue Over PHMSA's Second Permit for Sable's Pipelines

  US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, 94103, United StatesSable Offshore

  

  Starts 09/22/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better15 days ago

  Center for Biological Diversity^[1] release, 'For Immediate Release, September 22, 2026': 'Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today for issuing a second permit allowing oil to flow through the Las Flores Pipeline System'.

  Seven groups led by the Environmental Defense Center and the Center for Biological Diversity asked the Ninth Circuit to overturn PHMSA's 25 June special permit, which waives corrosion-repair rules for the onshore lines that caused the 2015 Refugio spill.

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• Law09/28/2026@LawDesk

  Ninth Circuit Hears Tesla's Appeal Against the FSD Class Action

  US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, 94103, United StatesTesla

  

  Starts 08/31/2026 5:00PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better37 days ago

  Law360^[1], 31 August 2026: 'Tesla urged the Ninth Circuit on Monday to decertify classes of Tesla buyers'; the court's notice set the argument for 'Monday, August 31, 2026 - 10:00 A.M. - Courtroom 1'.

  Tesla asked a Ninth Circuit panel in San Francisco to decertify the California classes of Full Self-Driving buyers, arguing there is no proof every class member saw the self-driving claims on its website.

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• Law09/24/2026@LawDesk

  Ninth Circuit Upholds Block on Trump's Housing and Transit Grant Conditions

  US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, San Francisco, California, 94102, United StatesUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development

  

  Starts 08/25/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better43 days ago

  Stated as firm, per the City Attorney's release dated August 25, 2026: "The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today affirmed in large part a lower court decision"; the SF Standard^[2]: the panel "on Tuesday voted to uphold an order".

  Appeals judges largely affirmed an injunction won by San Francisco and seven other local governments, stopping HUD and the Transportation Department from tying grants to anti-DEI, immigration and abortion conditions, protecting about $240 million a year in HUD money and $2 billion in DOT funding to the city.

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• Law09/28/2026@LawDesk

  California Appeals the Ruling That Keeps Sable's Pipeline Running Under the DPA

  United States Courthouse, 350, West 1st Street, Civic Center, Downtown, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90012, United StatesSable Offshore

  

  Starts 08/20/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins79% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 79%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better48 days ago

  Sable's 8-K of 24 August 2026: 'On August 20, 2026, the State of California filed notice of appeal of the Court's order denying the motion for preliminary injunction and stay'; Bloomberg Tax^[4] reports 'a notice filed Thursday'.

  California asked the Ninth Circuit to reverse Judge Stephen Wilson's refusal to block Energy Secretary Chris Wright's Defense Production Act order, which keeps oil flowing through Sable Offshore's onshore Santa Ynez Pipeline System over state objections.

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• Law09/28/2026@LawDesk

  California Sues in the Ninth Circuit Over PHMSA's New Sable Pipeline Permit

  US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, 94103, United StatesSable Offshore

  

  Starts 07/20/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better79 days ago

  The Attorney General's release, dated Monday, July 20, 2026: 'California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a second petition against the Trump Administration'; the petition itself is signed 'this 20th day of July, 2026'.^[1]

  Attorney General Rob Bonta and the State Fire Marshal petitioned the Ninth Circuit to overturn PHMSA's 25 June special permit, which lets Sable Offshore run the onshore CA-324 and CA-325 lines without the rule to repair longitudinal seam weld corrosion within 180 days.

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• Law09/28/2026@LawDesk

  Ninth Circuit Hears the Challenges to PHMSA's Takeover of Sable's Pipelines

  US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, 94103, United StatesSable Offshore

  

  Starts 07/07/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better92 days ago

  Courthouse News^[1], 7 July 2026: 'Seven environmental groups and the state of California asked a Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday to block the federal government's approval of a pipeline'; Bloomberg Law^[3] the same day reports 'oral arguments Tuesday'.

  A Ninth Circuit panel heard California and seven conservation groups argue that PHMSA unlawfully claimed federal control of Sable Offshore's onshore Las Flores pipelines and approved their restart; the case turns on whether oil processed at Las Flores Canyon is still in interstate transportation.

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• Law09/23/2026@LawDesk

  Ninth Circuit Rejects Bid to Block Sable Offshore Pipeline Restart

  US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, 94103, United StatesSable Offshore

  

  Starts 12/31/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better280 days ago

  Stated as an accomplished fact, per independent.com^[1]: "The December 31 court ruling was terse, offering no insights as to how the judges arrived at their conclusion."

  A two-judge Ninth Circuit panel turned down an emergency appeal by the Environmental Defense Center and Center for Biological Diversity seeking to block the federal restart permit granted to Sable Offshore's Santa Ynez Unit pipelines, sending the company's stock surging. The terse December 31 order is not the end: the court put the case on an expedited schedule, with its first deadline on January 26.

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• Justice09/24/2026@LawDesk

  Ninth Circuit Lets Trump Keep Control of the Guard in LA

  US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95 7th Street, South of Market, San Francisco, CA 94103

  

  Starts 06/19/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.3 years ago

  The order is headed "Filed June 19, 2025" after argument on June 17, 2025.^[1]

  A unanimous Ninth Circuit panel stayed Judge Breyer's order, holding the President was likely to have lawfully federalized California's National Guard under a "highly deferential" review, so the troops stayed under federal command in Los Angeles.

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