MELAND v. WEBER

No. 20-15762.

2 F.4th 838 (2021)

Creighton MELAND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley N. WEBER, Secretary of State of California, in her official capacity as Secretary of State of the State of California, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anastasia P. Boden (argued), Joshua P. Thompson , and Daniel M. Ortner , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Lara Haddad (argued), Deputy Attorney General; Mark R. Beckington , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Thomas S. Patterson , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Attorney General's Office, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellee.

Christina Sandefur , Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation at the Goldwater Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, for Amicus Curiae Goldwater Institute.

Thomas R. McCarthy and Tiffany H. Bates , Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, Virginia, for Amicus Curiae Philanthropy Roundtable.

Melissa A. Holyoak and Anna St. John , Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute.

Jonathan F. Mitchell , Mitchell Law PLLC, Austin, Texas; Daniel I. Morenoff , Equal Voting Rights Institute, Dallas, Texas; for Amicus Curiae Linda Chavez.

Amanda Narog , Bopp Law Firm, Terre Haute, Indiana; Jennifer C. Braceras , Independent Women's Law Center, Winchester, Virginia; for Amicus Curiae Independent Women's Law Center.

Before: M. Margaret McKeown, Sandra S. Ikuta, and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

California Senate Bill 826 (SB 826) requires all corporations headquartered in California to have a minimum number of females on their boards of directors. Corporations that do not comply with SB 826 may be subject to monetary penalties. The shareholders of OSI Systems, Inc., a corporation covered by SB 826...

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