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The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court order denying a father's petition to return his child under the Hague Convention. The appellate panel found no clear error in the lower court's determination that returning the child posed a grave risk of harm.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the conviction of Hatchet M. Speed for possessing unregistered silencers. The court held that the National Firearms Act does not require a device to be fully operable to qualify as a silencer and that Speed failed to rebut the presumption of constitutionality regarding the registration regime.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court dismissal of a breach of contract claim brought by an insurance company. The court held that the insurer's settlement response was a counteroffer rather than a mirror-image acceptance, preventing a meeting of the minds under Missouri law.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court order dismissing a class action complaint against Reddit. The court held that the contract term click was not ambiguous and that extrinsic evidence did not create a factual dispute requiring trial.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court judgment granting summary judgment to the Patent and Trademark Office, holding that draft decisions and related emails circulated among administrative patent judges are protected from disclosure under the deliberative process privilege of the Freedom of Information Act.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court judgment in a real estate dispute involving breach of contract claims. The appellate court found no abuse of discretion in the denial of a continuance and declined to address arguments not raised in the lower court.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court denial of summary judgment for campus police officers. The court held that a reasonable jury could find the officers retaliated against a plaintiff for protected speech on campus.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court judgment revoking supervised release and imposing a twelve-month prison term. The appellate court held that any error in admitting hearsay evidence at the revocation hearing was harmless because the conviction alone sufficiently proved the violation.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the conviction of a defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that police had reasonable suspicion to stop the vehicle based on the totality of circumstances and the defendant's flight.
The First Circuit affirmed a conviction for illegal firearm possession by an alien unlawfully in the United States. The court held that the statute is consistent with the nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation under the second step of the Bruen framework.
