...to any split, with only three of our 24 active judges in favor of a restructuring," said 9th Circuit Chief Judge Mary Schroeder in a press announcement several weeks ago. The 9th Circuit - based in San Francisco but spanning nine Western states...

...reef and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil. "It is time for this protracted litigation to end," Chief Judge Mary Schroeder and Judge Andrew Kleinfeld wrote in a 2-1 decision in December after the case reached the appeals court for the...

...Kleinfeld wasn't so sure. "They wouldn't want to lose their 11 million gallons of oil," he said. Chief Judge Mary Schroeder, who noted the appeals court was grappling with U.S. Supreme Court precedent that sets limits on punitive damages...