U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Origin court for the injunction and contempt order; now handling remand

On December 11, 2025, the Ninth Circuit mostly backed the trial judge's contempt finding that Apple played games with the anti-steering injunction. But the court clipped parts of the punishment — the same pattern this case keeps producing: Apple complies in a way that protects the money, and Epic comes back yelling "that's not compliance."

Updated May 15