Paxton

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

YELP INC., No. 24-581 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 3:23-cv-04977-

TLT

v.

KEN PAXTON, in his official capacity as Attorney General of OPINION Texas,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Trina L. Thompson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 4, 2024 San Francisco, California

Filed May 15, 2025

Before: Mark J. Bennett, Daniel A. Bress, and Danielle J. Forrest, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bress SUMMARY *

Younger Abstention

The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal pursuant to Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971), of an action brought by Yelp, a company that publishes consumer reviews of businesses, seeking to enjoin the Texas Attorney General’s civil enforcement action against it in Texas state court concerning Yelp’s since-withdrawn consumer notice for crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs). In 2022, Yelp introduced a new notification on Yelp business pages for CPCs that informed consumers that the businesses typically offer limited…