9th Circuit Assigns Docket Number to X Platform’s Appeal vs. Calif. AG

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals assigned case number 24-271 to the X platform’s appeal of the district court's Dec. 28 denial of its motion for a preliminary injunction to block California from enforcing AB-587, the state’s social media transparency law (see 2401160031), said a text-only docket entry Thursday. X sought to block AB-587's enforcement on grounds that it violates the First Amendment and that federal law preempts it. Denial of the injunction turned on X’s failure to establish its likelihood of success on the merits, said the memorandum and order signed by U.S. District Judge William Shubb for Eastern California.