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William H. Alsup

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Senior District Judge
USDC Northern District of California
Phillip Burton Federal Building & US Courthouse
Department/Division: 12 Days: M-F Courtroom/Floor: 19th

450 Golden Gate Ave
San Francisco , CA 94102
(415) 522-2020





Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
William Alsup Northern District of California (San Francisco) Feb. 5, 2015

Rulings
Case Category Published
Bielski v. Coinbase, Inc.
reversed
 Arbitration Dec. 5, 2023
Seaplane Adventures LLC v. County of Marin
affirmed
 Civil Rights Jun. 26, 2023
American Rivers v. American Petroleum Institute
reversed and remanded
 Environmental Law Feb. 21, 2023
Dreamstime.com LLC v. Google LLC
affirmed
 Antitrust Dec. 6, 2022
Lopez v. Allen
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 2, 2022
CoreCivic, Inc. v. Candide Group, LLC
affirmed in part
 Anti-SLAPP Aug. 30, 2022
Cohen v. Apple
affirmed
 Consumer Law Aug. 26, 2022
Flemming v. Matteson
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 7, 2022
Stevens v. Davis
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 15, 2022
Green v. Mercy Housing
vacated and remanded
 Civil Rights Mar. 22, 2021
Amended Opinion: Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising Int'l
vacated and remanded
 Employment Discrimination Feb. 4, 2021
Ward v. United Airlines
reversed and remanded
 Labor Law Feb. 3, 2021
Bair v. California Dept. of Transportation
reversed and remanded
 Environmental Law Dec. 3, 2020
San Francisco Taxi Coalition v. City and County of San Francisco
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Nov. 10, 2020
Amended Opinion: Frlekin v. Apple
reversed and remanded
 Labor Law Oct. 30, 2020
Frlekin v. Apple
reversed and remanded
 Labor Law Sep. 3, 2020
Amended Opinion: City of Oakland v. BP PLC
vacated and remanded
 Civil Procedure Aug. 13, 2020
U.S. v. Sanmina Corp.
affirmed in part
 Tax Aug. 10, 2020
Dent v. National Football League
reversed
 Torts Aug. 10, 2020
City of Oakland v. BP PLC
vacated and remanded
 Civil Procedure May 27, 2020
Cook v. Kernan
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 22, 2020
Clark v. Chappell
vacated and remanded
 Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 6, 2019
Blair v. Rent-A-Center
affirmed
 Arbitration Jul. 1, 2019
Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising Int'l
vacated and remanded
 Employment Discrimination May 3, 2019
U.S. v. Johnson
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 10, 2019
Ibrahim v. DHS
vacated and remanded
 Remedies Jan. 3, 2019
Regents of the University of California v. USDHS
affirmed
 Immigration Nov. 9, 2018
Dent v. NFL
reversed and remanded
 Labor Law Sep. 7, 2018
U.S. v. King
dismissed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 5, 2018
GranCare v. Thrower
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Apr. 27, 2018
Rowland v. Chappell
affirmed
 Prisoners' Rights Dec. 7, 2017

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Splunk Inc. v. Cribl Inc. Intellectual Property judge Aug. 16, 2024
Sonos Inc. v. Google LLC Intellectual Property judge Apr. 5, 2024
Anthony Chrisanthis v. Department of Veterans Affairs, United States of America, and Does 1-10 Employment Law judge Mar. 22, 2024
Aasylei Loggervale, Aaottae Loggervale, Aasylei Hardge-Loggervale v. Steven Holland, Monica Pope, County of Alameda Civil Rights judge Jun. 23, 2023
Charles E. Ward and Bruce Richards, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. United Airlines Inc., and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Employment Law judge Jun. 9, 2023
Rahila Tarverdiyeva, on behalf of herself and Vijay Tandon, as permissive joinder v. Coinbase Inc., Coinbase Global Inc., Phillip Martin, Matthew Muller Fraud judge May 19, 2023
Victor L. Weaver v. Checkr Inc. Consumer Law judge Apr. 7, 2023
M.S., a minor, by and through his guardian Luz Sanchez, and A.D., a minor, by and through her guardian, Dolly Vierra, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Nintendo of America Inc. Consumer Law judge Mar. 17, 2023
Theresa Sweet, et al. v. Miguel Cardona, in his official capacity as Secretary of Education, and the United States Department of Education Constitutional Law judge Mar. 10, 2023
Andres Gomez v. Gates Estates Inc. Civil Rights judge Mar. 10, 2023
City and County of San Francisco v. United States Department of Health and Human Services; Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Constitutional Law judge Feb. 10, 2023
Steven A. Mullen, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly-situated v. Wells Fargo & Company, C. Allen Parker, Timothy J. Sloan, John R. Shrewsberry, Perry Pelos, Mark Myers, Kara McShane Securities judge Jan. 27, 2023
Todd Ashker v. Scott Kernan, Jeffrey Beard, George Giurbino, Susan Hubbard, Kelly Harrington, J. McLaughlin, M. Ruff, D. Rothchild, J. Robertson, C.E. Ducart, Vargas, M. Russell, J. Fallis, W. Black, S. Alfaro, C. Gipson, R. Diaz Civil Rights judge Jan. 20, 2023
Masterobjects Inc. v. Meta Platforms Inc. Intellectual Property judge Jan. 13, 2023
Alyssa Tai v. Chandra Varanasi, et al. Civil Rights judge Nov. 18, 2022
Masterobjects Inc. v. Amazon.com Inc. Intellectual Property judge Nov. 4, 2022
Julia Junge and Richard Junge, on behalf of themselves and a class of similarly situated v. Geron Corporation, John A. Scarlett Securities judge Oct. 21, 2022
Brian Whitaker v. Peet's Coffee Inc. Civil Rights judge Oct. 14, 2022
Juvenal Corvelo v. Kilolo Kijakazi Government judge Sep. 30, 2022
Paul Monplaisir, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Integrated Tech Group LLC, ITG Communications LLC Employment Law judge Sep. 23, 2022
John Ornelas v. Tapestry Inc. Employment Law judge Sep. 23, 2022
United States of America v. Uber Technologies Inc. Civil Rights judge Sep. 16, 2022
Carla Echavarria, an individual and California Resident, and Derrick Walker, an individual and Virginia Resident v. Facebook Inc. Business Law judge Feb. 19, 2021
Erik Mishiyev v. Alphabet Inc.; XXVI Holdings, Inc.; Google, LLC; YouTube, LLC; YouTube Entertainment Studios, Inc.; and Does 1through 10, inclusive Contracts judge Nov. 6, 2020
San Francisco Baykeeper, Save The Bay, Committee for Green Foothills, Citizens' Committee to Complete The Refuge, State of California, Attorney General v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Its Administrator Environmental Law judge Nov. 6, 2020
Taun Hall, individually and as co-successorin-interest to Decedent Miles Hall; Scott Hall, individually and as co-successor-ininterest to Decedent Miles Hall v. City of Walnut Creek, a municipal corporation; Tom Chaplin, individually and in his capacity as Chief of Police for the City of Walnut Creek; Holly Conners, individually, and in her capacity as a police officer for the City of Walnut Creek; Matt Smith, individually and in his capacity as a police officer for the City of Walnut Creek; Melissa Murphy, individually and in her capacity as a police officer for the City of Walnut Creek; KC Hsiao, individually and in his capacity as a police officer for the City of Walnut Creek; Tammy Keagy, individually and in her capacity as a police officer for the City of Walnut Creek; and, Walnut Creek police officers Does 1-25, inclusive Civil Rights judge Oct. 23, 2020
State of California v. Valero Energy Corporation, Valero Energy Partners LP, Plains All American Pipeline LP Antitrust judge Feb. 23, 2018
Ty O. Clevenger v. Gregory P. Dresser, Stacia L. Johns, Kimberly G. Kasreliovich, The State Bar of California Civil Rights judge Nov. 24, 2017
Michael Nilsen v. Judge Andrew Blum, Judge Michael Lunas, Judge Arnold Rosenfield, and Superior Court of California, County of Lake Civil Rights judge Nov. 10, 2017
Confidential Employment Law judge Dec. 10, 2005
Erris Edgerly v. John Conefrey, David Goff, City and County of San Francisco Civil Rights judge Dec. 28, 2004
Estate of Cornell Smith, Ineta Smith, Scheron Smith, a minor, by and through her Guardian Ad Litem, Ineta Smith v. Napa State Hospital, et al. Personal Injury judge Jul. 8, 2003
City Solutions Inc. v. Clear Channel Communications Inc., et al. Business Law judge Nov. 19, 2002
Wennihan v. Leffer, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge May 4, 2002
Confidential Employment Law judge Oct. 26, 2000
Peter A. Morton, et al. v. Robert W. Brown Employment Law Dec. 28, 1996
Title Court Published
William Alsup Northern District of California (San Francisco) Feb. 5, 2015
Case Category Published
Bielski v. Coinbase, Inc.
reversed
 Arbitration Dec. 5, 2023
Seaplane Adventures LLC v. County of Marin
affirmed
 Civil Rights Jun. 26, 2023
American Rivers v. American Petroleum Institute
reversed and remanded
 Environmental Law Feb. 21, 2023
Dreamstime.com LLC v. Google LLC
affirmed
 Antitrust Dec. 6, 2022
Lopez v. Allen
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 2, 2022
CoreCivic, Inc. v. Candide Group, LLC
affirmed in part
 Anti-SLAPP Aug. 30, 2022
Cohen v. Apple
affirmed
 Consumer Law Aug. 26, 2022
Flemming v. Matteson
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 7, 2022
Stevens v. Davis
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 15, 2022
Green v. Mercy Housing
vacated and remanded
 Civil Rights Mar. 22, 2021
Amended Opinion: Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising Int'l
vacated and remanded
 Employment Discrimination Feb. 4, 2021
Ward v. United Airlines
reversed and remanded
 Labor Law Feb. 3, 2021
Bair v. California Dept. of Transportation
reversed and remanded
 Environmental Law Dec. 3, 2020
San Francisco Taxi Coalition v. City and County of San Francisco
affirmed
 Constitutional Law Nov. 10, 2020
Amended Opinion: Frlekin v. Apple
reversed and remanded
 Labor Law Oct. 30, 2020
Frlekin v. Apple
reversed and remanded
 Labor Law Sep. 3, 2020
Amended Opinion: City of Oakland v. BP PLC
vacated and remanded
 Civil Procedure Aug. 13, 2020
U.S. v. Sanmina Corp.
affirmed in part
 Tax Aug. 10, 2020
Dent v. National Football League
reversed
 Torts Aug. 10, 2020
City of Oakland v. BP PLC
vacated and remanded
 Civil Procedure May 27, 2020
Cook v. Kernan
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 22, 2020
Clark v. Chappell
vacated and remanded
 Criminal Law and Procedure Sep. 6, 2019
Blair v. Rent-A-Center
affirmed
 Arbitration Jul. 1, 2019
Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising Int'l
vacated and remanded
 Employment Discrimination May 3, 2019
U.S. v. Johnson
affirmed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 10, 2019
Ibrahim v. DHS
vacated and remanded
 Remedies Jan. 3, 2019
Regents of the University of California v. USDHS
affirmed
 Immigration Nov. 9, 2018
Dent v. NFL
reversed and remanded
 Labor Law Sep. 7, 2018
U.S. v. King
dismissed
 Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 5, 2018
GranCare v. Thrower
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Apr. 27, 2018
Rowland v. Chappell
affirmed
 Prisoners' Rights Dec. 7, 2017
Case Name Topic Role Published
Splunk Inc. v. Cribl Inc. Intellectual Property judge Aug. 16, 2024
Sonos Inc. v. Google LLC Intellectual Property judge Apr. 5, 2024
Anthony Chrisanthis v. Department of Veterans Affairs, United States of America, and Does 1-10 Employment Law judge Mar. 22, 2024
Aasylei Loggervale, Aaottae Loggervale, Aasylei Hardge-Loggervale v. Steven Holland, Monica Pope, County of Alameda Civil Rights judge Jun. 23, 2023
Charles E. Ward and Bruce Richards, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. United Airlines Inc., and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Employment Law judge Jun. 9, 2023
Rahila Tarverdiyeva, on behalf of herself and Vijay Tandon, as permissive joinder v. Coinbase Inc., Coinbase Global Inc., Phillip Martin, Matthew Muller Fraud judge May 19, 2023
Victor L. Weaver v. Checkr Inc. Consumer Law judge Apr. 7, 2023
M.S., a minor, by and through his guardian Luz Sanchez, and A.D., a minor, by and through her guardian, Dolly Vierra, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Nintendo of America Inc. Consumer Law judge Mar. 17, 2023
Theresa Sweet, et al. v. Miguel Cardona, in his official capacity as Secretary of Education, and the United States Department of Education Constitutional Law judge Mar. 10, 2023
Andres Gomez v. Gates Estates Inc. Civil Rights judge Mar. 10, 2023
City and County of San Francisco v. United States Department of Health and Human Services; Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Constitutional Law judge Feb. 10, 2023
Steven A. Mullen, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly-situated v. Wells Fargo & Company, C. Allen Parker, Timothy J. Sloan, John R. Shrewsberry, Perry Pelos, Mark Myers, Kara McShane Securities judge Jan. 27, 2023
Todd Ashker v. Scott Kernan, Jeffrey Beard, George Giurbino, Susan Hubbard, Kelly Harrington, J. McLaughlin, M. Ruff, D. Rothchild, J. Robertson, C.E. Ducart, Vargas, M. Russell, J. Fallis, W. Black, S. Alfaro, C. Gipson, R. Diaz Civil Rights judge Jan. 20, 2023
Masterobjects Inc. v. Meta Platforms Inc. Intellectual Property judge Jan. 13, 2023
Alyssa Tai v. Chandra Varanasi, et al. Civil Rights judge Nov. 18, 2022
Masterobjects Inc. v. Amazon.com Inc. Intellectual Property judge Nov. 4, 2022
Julia Junge and Richard Junge, on behalf of themselves and a class of similarly situated v. Geron Corporation, John A. Scarlett Securities judge Oct. 21, 2022
Brian Whitaker v. Peet's Coffee Inc. Civil Rights judge Oct. 14, 2022
Juvenal Corvelo v. Kilolo Kijakazi Government judge Sep. 30, 2022
Paul Monplaisir, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Integrated Tech Group LLC, ITG Communications LLC Employment Law judge Sep. 23, 2022
John Ornelas v. Tapestry Inc. Employment Law judge Sep. 23, 2022
United States of America v. Uber Technologies Inc. Civil Rights judge Sep. 16, 2022
Carla Echavarria, an individual and California Resident, and Derrick Walker, an individual and Virginia Resident v. Facebook Inc. Business Law judge Feb. 19, 2021
Erik Mishiyev v. Alphabet Inc.; XXVI Holdings, Inc.; Google, LLC; YouTube, LLC; YouTube Entertainment Studios, Inc.; and Does 1through 10, inclusive Contracts judge Nov. 6, 2020
San Francisco Baykeeper, Save The Bay, Committee for Green Foothills, Citizens' Committee to Complete The Refuge, State of California, Attorney General v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Its Administrator Environmental Law judge Nov. 6, 2020
Taun Hall, individually and as co-successorin-interest to Decedent Miles Hall; Scott Hall, individually and as co-successor-ininterest to Decedent Miles Hall v. City of Walnut Creek, a municipal corporation; Tom Chaplin, individually and in his capacity as Chief of Police for the City of Walnut Creek; Holly Conners, individually, and in her capacity as a police officer for the City of Walnut Creek; Matt Smith, individually and in his capacity as a police officer for the City of Walnut Creek; Melissa Murphy, individually and in her capacity as a police officer for the City of Walnut Creek; KC Hsiao, individually and in his capacity as a police officer for the City of Walnut Creek; Tammy Keagy, individually and in her capacity as a police officer for the City of Walnut Creek; and, Walnut Creek police officers Does 1-25, inclusive Civil Rights judge Oct. 23, 2020
State of California v. Valero Energy Corporation, Valero Energy Partners LP, Plains All American Pipeline LP Antitrust judge Feb. 23, 2018
Ty O. Clevenger v. Gregory P. Dresser, Stacia L. Johns, Kimberly G. Kasreliovich, The State Bar of California Civil Rights judge Nov. 24, 2017
Michael Nilsen v. Judge Andrew Blum, Judge Michael Lunas, Judge Arnold Rosenfield, and Superior Court of California, County of Lake Civil Rights judge Nov. 10, 2017
Confidential Employment Law judge Dec. 10, 2005
Erris Edgerly v. John Conefrey, David Goff, City and County of San Francisco Civil Rights judge Dec. 28, 2004
Estate of Cornell Smith, Ineta Smith, Scheron Smith, a minor, by and through her Guardian Ad Litem, Ineta Smith v. Napa State Hospital, et al. Personal Injury judge Jul. 8, 2003
City Solutions Inc. v. Clear Channel Communications Inc., et al. Business Law judge Nov. 19, 2002
Wennihan v. Leffer, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge May 4, 2002
Confidential Employment Law judge Oct. 26, 2000
Peter A. Morton, et al. v. Robert W. Brown Employment Law Dec. 28, 1996