Republican National Committee v. Google Inc.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 16 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL No. 24-5358 COMMITTEE, D.C. No. 2:22-cv-01904-DJC-JDP Plaintiff - Appellant,

MEMORANDUM*

v.

GOOGLE INC.; GOOGLE LLC,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Daniel J. Calabretta, District Court, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 7, 2025 Honolulu, Hawaii

Before: McKEOWN, FRIEDLAND, and SUNG, Circuit Judges.

The Republican National Committee (“RNC”) alleges that Google diverted

RNC emails to Gmail users’ spam folders for a short period each month from

February to September 2022. Although the RNC is not a Gmail user, it brings

several state law claims against Google under the California common-carrier

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. statute, the Unruh Civil Rights Act, the Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”), and for

intentional and negligent…