Marsha Lee Berzon is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Harry Pregerson was a United States circuit judge appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.
Cecil Francis Poole was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California,and a United States Attorney for the Northern District of California. He was the first African American to serve as a United States Attorney,the first African American to serve as a Judge of the Northern District of California and the second African American to serve as a Judge of the Ninth Circuit.
David Ryan Stras is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He is a former Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Richard Anthony Paez is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Andrew Jay Kleinfeld is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior United States federal judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 2010. He served as an active judge on the Ninth Circuit from 1991 to 2010. Kleinfeld was previously a United States district judge on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska from 1986 to 1991.
Robert Neil Chatigny is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Vaughn Richard Walker is an American lawyer who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 1989 to 2011. Walker presided over the original trial in Hollingsworth v. Perry,where he found California's Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional.
Percy Anderson is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Carl Joseph Barbier is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
David Ormon Carter is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
William Brevard Hand was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
James V. Selna is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Otis Dalino Wright II is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Rocky Mountain Bank v. Google Inc. was a decision by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California holding that Google had to reveal the account information of a Gmail user who had been mistakenly sent sensitive information from Rocky Mountain Bank.
Golinski v. Office of Personnel Management,824 F. Supp. 2d 968,was a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiff,Karen Golinski,challenged the constitutionality of section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA),which defined,for the purposes of federal law,marriage as being between one man and one woman,and spouse as a husband or wife of the opposite sex.
Paul Jeffrey Watford is an American lawyer who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2012 to 2023. In 2016,The New York Times identified Watford as a potential Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia. Watford resigned his judgeship in 2023 and became a partner at the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &Rosati.
Jon Steven Tigar is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He was previously a California state court judge on the Alameda County Superior Court from 2002 to 2013.
James Joseph Donato is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Joffe v. Google,Inc. is a federal lawsuit between Ben Joffe and Google,Inc. Joffe claimed that Google broke one of the Wiretap Act segments when they intruded on the seemingly "public" wireless networks of private homes through their Street View application. Although Google tried to appeal their case multiple times,the courts favored Joffe's argument. Ultimately the Supreme Court declined to take the case,affirming the decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that the Wiretap Act covers the interception of unencrypted Wi-Fi communications.
