Lucy H. Koh

Circuit Judge
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
CA Northern - San Francisco

Nominated to the 9th Circuit by President Joseph Biden, September 2021 and confirmed December 2021, previously nominated by President Barack Obama, February 2016; nominated to the Northern District of California by President Barack Obama, 2010, where she served until 2022; a former federal prosecutor, Koh is best known for presiding over the patent infringement trial between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. The companies settled in 2018 after seven years of litigation.

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Lucy H. Koh	Northern District of California (San Jose)	Dec. 3, 2014

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Lucy H. Koh

Northern District of California (San Jose)

Dec. 3, 2014

Case	Category	Published
Salas v. U.S. author	Animal Law	Aug. 27, 2024
U.S. v. Hughes author	Banking	Aug. 21, 2024
Marks v. Davis vacated in whole or part	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 9, 2024
Sidibe v. Sutter Health author	Antitrust	Jun. 4, 2024
Diamond S.J. Enterprise, Inc., DBA S. J. Live v. City of San Jose affirmed	Constitutional Law	Apr. 30, 2024
Coalition on Homelessness v. City and County of San Francisco author	Constitutional Law	Jan. 11, 2024
Reyes-Corado v. Garland author	Immigration	Aug. 11, 2023
Koonwaiyou v. Blinken author	Immigration	Jun. 7, 2023
Armstrong v. Michaels Stores Inc. affirmed	Arbitration	Feb. 13, 2023
U.S. v. Barai author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 20, 2022
U.S. v. Wells vacated and remanded	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 23, 2022
Stromberg v. Qualcomm vacated and remanded	Antitrust	Sep. 30, 2021
Ervin v. Davis vacated and remanded	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 13, 2021
Magadia v. Wal-Mart Associates reversed and remanded	Labor Law	Jun. 1, 2021
Rustico v. Intuitive Surgical affirmed	Civil Procedure	Apr. 7, 2021
Hotop v. City of San Jose affirmed	Civil Rights	Dec. 8, 2020
Federal Trade Commission v. Qualcomm Inc. reversed	Antitrust	Aug. 12, 2020
Heineke v. Santa Clara University affirmed	Constitutional Law	Jul. 21, 2020
Prager University v. Google affirmed	Constitutional Law	Feb. 27, 2020
American Diabetes Ass'n v. U.S. Dept. of Army affirmed	Civil Procedure	Sep. 19, 2019
U.S. v. Shayota affirmed	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 20, 2019
Nguyen v. Nissan North America reversed and remanded	Consumer Law	Jul. 29, 2019
Northstar Financial v. Schwab Investments affirmed	Securities	Sep. 17, 2018
Hernandez v. City of San Jose affirmed	Civil Rights	Jul. 30, 2018
Smith v. City of Santa Clara affirmed	Constitutional Law	Dec. 1, 2017
Nationwide Biweekly Administration Inc. v. Owen reversed and remanded	Civil Rights	Oct. 11, 2017

Case

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Paul Lesevic, an individual, on behalf of himself and on behalf of all persons similarly situated v. Spectraforce Technologies Inc., and Does 1 through 50, inclusive	Employment Law	judge	Dec. 31, 2020
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Air Systems Inc.	Employment Law	judge	Oct. 2, 2020
Diamond S.J. Enterprise Inc. v. City of San Jose	Civil Rights	judge	Sep. 18, 2020
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Guidewire Software, Inc.	Employment Law	judge	Sep. 4, 2020
Maria W. Lee, Wen T. Lee v. Retail Store Employee Building Corporation, Casa Del Pueblo Apartment, Barcelon Associates Management Corp.	Civil Rights	judge	Feb. 2, 2018
Daniel Matera v. Google Inc.	Torts	judge	Sep. 29, 2017

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Paul Lesevic, an individual, on behalf of himself and on behalf of all persons similarly situated v. Spectraforce Technologies Inc., and Does 1 through 50, inclusive	Employment Law	judge	Dec. 31, 2020
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Air Systems Inc.	Employment Law	judge	Oct. 2, 2020
Diamond S.J. Enterprise Inc. v. City of San Jose	Civil Rights	judge	Sep. 18, 2020
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Guidewire Software, Inc.	Employment Law	judge	Sep. 4, 2020
Maria W. Lee, Wen T. Lee v. Retail Store Employee Building Corporation, Casa Del Pueblo Apartment, Barcelon Associates Management Corp.	Civil Rights	judge	Feb. 2, 2018
Daniel Matera v. Google Inc.	Torts	judge	Sep. 29, 2017

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