Peace Ranch, LLC v. Rob Bonta

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How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that the Ninth Circuit has toggled on which test applies and adopting the Supreme Court’s framework in Driehaus
• holding that enforcement threat is credible where “Attorney General . . . admits that the law targets [plaintiff]”
• explaining that whether a credible threat of enforcement exists “often rises or falls with the enforcing authority’s willingness to disavow enforcement”
• explaining that whether a credible threat of enforcement exists “often rises or falls with the enforcing authority’s willingness to disavow enforcement”
• noting that pre-enforcement challenges always seem to have “unusual” facts or procedural circumstances
• noting whether plaintiffs show substantial threat of enforcement often rises or falls with enforcing authority’s willingness to disavow enforcement

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Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Ninth Circuit· 2024-06-07· cited 16×
• Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans v. Kristin K. Mayes
  Ninth Circuit· 2024-09-20· cited 13×
• May v. Bonta
  Ninth Circuit· 2024-09-06
• The Geo Group, Inc. v. Inslee
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-08-19
• Flaxman v. Ferguson
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-08-22
• Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana v. Knudsen
  Ninth Circuit· 2026-03-13

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-12· cited 24,791×
• Warth v. Seldin
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-25· cited 10,875×
• Steffel v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-19· cited 2,574×
• Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National Union
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-05· cited 2,028×
• MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2007-01-09· cited 1,786×
• Yee v. City of Escondido
  Supreme Court· 1992-04-01· cited 953×
• Carrico v. City and County of San Francisco
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-09-06· cited 346×
• Railway Mail Assn. v. Corsi
  Supreme Court· 1945-06-18· cited 267×
• LSO, Ltd. v. Stroh
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-03-06· cited 229×
• Lopez v. Candaele
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-09-17· cited 144×
• Dan Clark v. City of Seattle
  Ninth Circuit· 2018-08-09· cited 42×
• Bland v. Fessler
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-07-02· cited 34×
• Cta v. Rob Bonta
  Ninth Circuit· 2021-04-28· cited 33×
• American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee v. Thornburgh
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-07-26· cited 31×
• State of Arizona v. Janet Yellen
  Ninth Circuit· 2022-05-19· cited 23×
• Southcentral Foundation v. Anthc
  Ninth Circuit· 2020-12-21· cited 15×