California Forces Trump to release tax returns to get on Nov 2020 ballot

[jberryhill]

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That US District Court decision issuing an injunction against application of the law was rendered moot on appeal by the Ninth Circuit, because.....

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16514/jerry-griffin-v-alex-padilla/

Dec 16, 2019

Filed order (SIDNEY R. THOMAS, MARSHA S. BERZON and DANIEL A. BRESS): Appellants' motion to dismiss these appeals as moot (Docket Entry No. [20] in appeal No. 19-17000) is granted. Because these appeals were mooted by the California Supreme Court's decision in Patterson v. Padilla, No. S257302 (Cal. Nov. 21, 2019), and not through any voluntary actions of the parties, we remand these matters to the district court with instruction to vacate the October 2, 2019 order. See 28 U.S.C. § 2106; Paulson v. City of San Diego, 475 F.3d 1047, 1048-49 (9th Cir. 2007). The parties should seek any other relief in district court. The parties shall bear their own costs on appeal. DISMISSED and REMANDED with instructions. [11534031] [19-17000, 19-17002, 19-17004, 19-17007, 19-17009] (AF) [Entered: 12/16/2019 03:32 PM]

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To recap, there were suits filed in both the state and federal courts. The federal district court issued an injunction, the injunction was appealed to the Ninth Circuit.

MEANWHILE, the California state courts invalidated the law, thus rendering the entire federal litigation moot.

Bottom line - the law was struck down by the California Supreme Court, not the federal courts.