M. Margaret McKeown

Circuit Judge
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
CA Southern - San Diego

Nominated to the 9th Circuit by President William J. Clinton, Jan. 7, 1997; confirmed by the U.S. Senate, March 27, 1998; partner, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, 1981-98; special assistant to the secretary of the interior and special assistant at the White House, 1980-81; associate, Perkins Coie, Seattle, 1975-80

Georgetown University Law Center, 1975

Title	Court	Published
Seeing the Future	9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (San Diego)	Mar. 7, 2018
Former Mountaineer Scales Highest Court in the West	9th U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals	May 24, 2007

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Court

Published

Seeing the Future

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (San Diego)

Mar. 7, 2018

Former Mountaineer Scales Highest Court in the West

9th U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals

May 24, 2007

Case	Category	Published
U.S. v. Myers dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 6, 2025
Osheske v. Silver Cinemas Acquisition Co. author	Consumer Law	Mar. 27, 2025
U.S. v. Sullivan author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 14, 2025
Estate of Najera-Aguirre v. City of Riverside author	Qualified Immunity	Mar. 11, 2025
Olson v. County of Grant author	Constitutional Law	Feb. 10, 2025
Aquarian Foundation, Inc. v. Lowndes author	Copyright	Feb. 3, 2025
Matsumoto v. Labrador author	Constitutional Law	Dec. 2, 2024
Montana Medical Association v. Knudsen concurring	Disability Discrimination	Oct. 9, 2024
BillFloat, Inc. v. Collins Cash Inc. author	Evidence	Jul. 1, 2024
Cascadia Wildlands v. Scott Timber Co. author	Environmental Law	Jun. 26, 2024
Seattle Pacific University v. Ferguson author	Constitutional Law	Jun. 7, 2024
U.S. v. Cloud author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 21, 2024
National Labor Relations Board v. Siren Retail Corp. author	Labor Law	Apr. 24, 2024
Espy v. J2 Global Inc. author	Securities	Apr. 19, 2024
Lexington Insurance Co. v. Smith author	Native American Affairs	Feb. 29, 2024
Peace Ranch, LLC v. Bonta author	Civil Procedure	Feb. 13, 2024
Amended Opinion: Amalgamated Bank v. Facebook, Inc. author	Securities	Dec. 4, 2023
Amalgamated Bank v. Facebook, Inc. author	Securities	Oct. 18, 2023
Martinez v. ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc. concurring	Anti-SLAPP	Sep. 21, 2023
Huffman v. Lindgren author	Attorneys	Sep. 1, 2023
Tarpey v. U.S. author	Tax	Aug. 17, 2023
Kuciemba v. Victory Woodworks Inc. author	Torts	Jul. 25, 2023
Amended Opinion: Jones v. Google LLC author	Constitutional Law	Jul. 13, 2023
VHT Inc. v. Zillow Group, Inc. author	Copyright	Jun. 7, 2023
Sharp v. S&S Activewear, L.L.C. author	Employment Discrimination	Jun. 7, 2023
Murphy Co. v. Biden author	Environmental Law	Apr. 24, 2023
Alfred v. Garland dissenting	Immigration	Mar. 30, 2023
Schurg v. U.S. author	Immunity	Mar. 28, 2023
Omar Gay v. Amy Parsons author	Immunity	Mar. 13, 2023
Armstrong v. Michaels Stores Inc. author	Arbitration	Feb. 13, 2023
Rigsby v. GoDaddy, Inc. author	Cyber Law	Feb. 3, 2023
Jones v. Google LLC author	Constitutional Law	Dec. 28, 2022
Amended Opinion: Owino v. CoreCivic author	Civil Procedure	Dec. 20, 2022
U.S. v. Wright author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 23, 2022
G and G Closed Circuit Events v. Liu author	Torts	Aug. 22, 2022
Amended Opinion: Transgender Law Center v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement author	Administrative Agencies	Aug. 19, 2022
Love v. Marriott Hotel Services author	Disability Discrimination	Jul. 22, 2022
Macomb County Employees' Retirement System v. Align Technology, Inc. author	Securities	Jul. 7, 2022
Brach v. Newsom author	Government	Jun. 15, 2022
U.S. v. Mendez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 7, 2022
Owino v. CoreCivic author	Civil Procedure	Jun. 3, 2022
Gross v. CitiMortgage, Inc. author	Consumer Law	May 17, 2022
Transgender Law Center v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement author	Administrative Agencies	May 13, 2022
Bock v. State of Washington author	Civil Procedure	May 10, 2022
Udo v. Garland author	Immigration	May 5, 2022
Amended Opinion: SmileDirectClub LLC v. Tippins author	Antitrust	Apr. 22, 2022
Estate of Najera Aguirre v. County of Riverside author	Qualified Immunity	Mar. 25, 2022
SmileDirectClub LLC v. Tippins author	Antitrust	Mar. 18, 2022
Kumar v. Garland author	Immigration	Dec. 1, 2021
Quebrado Cantor v. Garland author	Immigration	Nov. 4, 2021
Usubakunov v. Garland author	Immigration	Nov. 2, 2021
City of Oakland v. Wells Fargo & Co. author	Civil Rights	Sep. 29, 2021
Quintero Perez v. U.S. author	Civil Rights	Aug. 17, 2021
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe v. State of Washington author	Native American Affairs	Aug. 9, 2021
National Parks Conservation Association v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission author	Administrative Agencies	Jul. 29, 2021
U.S. v. Harris author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 10, 2021
U.S. v. Do author	statutory_interpretation	Apr. 20, 2021
Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid reversed and remanded	statutory_interpretation	Apr. 2, 2021
Friends of the Earth v. Sanderson Farms author	Constitutional Law	Apr. 1, 2021
Dr. Seuss Enterprises v. ComicMix LLC author	Copyright	Dec. 21, 2020
U.S. v. Gainza author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 9, 2020
Tinian Women Association v. U.S. Dept. of the Navy author	Environmental Law	Sep. 21, 2020
Belgau v. Inslee author	Civil Rights	Sep. 17, 2020
United States v. Pisarski author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 13, 2020
United States v. Many White Horses author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 7, 2020
Amended Opinion: Daniels v. The Walt Disney Co. author	Copyright	May 5, 2020
Luna v. Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport author	Consumer Law	Apr. 27, 2020
Daniels v. The Walt Disney Co. author	Copyright	Mar. 17, 2020
Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin author	Copyright	Mar. 10, 2020
Ramirez v. TransUnion concurring	Constitutional Law	Feb. 28, 2020
Prager University v. Google author	Constitutional Law	Feb. 27, 2020
Wilson v. Huuuge Inc. author	Arbitration	Dec. 23, 2019
Columbia Riverkeeper v. Wheeler author	Environmental Law	Dec. 23, 2019
Young v. Pfeiffer author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 13, 2019
Riley v. Filson author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 12, 2019
Winding Creek Solar LLC v. Carla Peterman author	Utilities	Jul. 30, 2019
Djerf v. Ryan author	Civil Rights	Jul. 25, 2019
Roque De La Fuente v. Alex Padilla author	Civil Rights	Jul. 22, 2019
Duguid v. Facebook author	Constitutional Law	Jun. 14, 2019
U.S. v. Brown author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 6, 2019
Austin v. University of Oregon author	Civil Rights	Jun. 5, 2019
Arizona Libertarian Party v. Hobbs author	Constitutional Law	Jun. 3, 2019
Garvin v. Cook Investments NW author	Bankruptcy	May 3, 2019
Castro v. Tri Marine Fish Co author	Arbitration	Apr. 16, 2019
VHT Inc. v. Zillow Group author	Copyright	Mar. 18, 2019
Anderson v. State Farm author	Civil Procedure	Mar. 11, 2019
U.S. v. Gilton dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 5, 2019
Castro v. Tri Marine Fish Co. author	Arbitration	Feb. 28, 2019
In re Border Infrastructure Environmental Litigation author	Environmental Law	Feb. 12, 2019
Islas-Veloz v. Whitaker author	Immigration	Feb. 5, 2019
Stillaguamish Tribe v. State of Washington author	Civil Procedure	Jan. 23, 2019
Stevens v. Jiffy Lube Int'l author	Arbitration	Dec. 28, 2018
G&G Productions v. Rusic author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 30, 2018
Cobbler Nevada LLC v. Gonzales author	Intellectual Property	Aug. 28, 2018
U.S. v. King Mountain Tobacco Co. author	Tax	Aug. 14, 2018
DeHoog v. Anheuser-Busch author	Antitrust	Aug. 9, 2018
Pena v. Lindley author	Constitutional Law	Aug. 6, 2018
Von Saher v. Norton Simon Museum of Art author	International Law	Jul. 31, 2018
U.S. v. Mickey author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 31, 2018
Glacier Films v. Turchin author	Copyright	Jul. 25, 2018
Morales v. United States author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 16, 2018
U.S. v. Hernandez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 11, 2018
Daniel v. National Park Service author	Consumer Law	May 31, 2018
A Better Way for BPA v. U.S. Doe Bonneville Power Admin. author	Public Records Act	May 30, 2018
Rizo v. Yovino concurring	Employment Law	Apr. 10, 2018
Thompson v. Copeland author	Qualified Immunity	Mar. 14, 2018
U.S. v. Obak author	Constitutional Law	Mar. 14, 2018
Bonivert v. City of Clarkston author	Constitutional Law	Feb. 27, 2018
Federal Trade Commission v. AT&T Mobility author	statutory_interpretation	Feb. 27, 2018
Bassett v. ABM Parking Services author	Civil Procedure	Feb. 22, 2018
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Wasden author	Constitutional Law	Jan. 5, 2018
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe v. Lummi Nation author	Native American Affairs	Dec. 4, 2017
U.S. v. Robertson concurring	Environmental Law	Nov. 28, 2017
Douglas v. Xerox Business Services LLC author	Labor Law	Nov. 16, 2017
Makah Indian Tribe v. Quileute Indian Tribe author	Native American Affairs	Oct. 24, 2017
Morales v. Fry author	Civil Rights	Oct. 17, 2017
U.S. v. Spatig author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 14, 2017
U.S. v. McChesney author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 12, 2017
Murray v. Southern Route Maritime SA author	Labor Law	Sep. 1, 2017
Quinault Indian Nation v. Pearson author	Native American Affairs	Aug. 30, 2017
Sierra Club v. Pruitt author	Environmental Law	Aug. 29, 2017
In re Google Referrer Header Privacy Litigation author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 23, 2017
U.S. V. Brito dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 23, 2017
Republic of the Marshall Islands v. USA author	Government	Aug. 1, 2017
Stone Creek Inc. v. Omnia Italian Design Inc. author	Intellectual Property	Jul. 12, 2017

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