Litigation & Arbitration,
Government,
Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug. 11, 2025
UC-Trump showdown over $1B demand spills into court over UCLA grant freeze
As the Trump administration seeks more than $1 billion from UCLA and pushes to end race-based scholarships, a federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday on whether the National Science Foundation defied her injunction by suspending UCLA research grants -- a move attorneys for UC researchers say is political leverage in high-stakes negotiations.
As the Trump administration demands more than $1 billion in a settlement with UCLA as part of negotiations with the University of California, legal battles over its cutoff of research grant funding to university researchers are headed to court this week.
A federal judge in San Francisco has scheduled a Tuesday hearing on an order asking the government to show cause whether the National Science Foundation is violating her preliminary injunction by suspending grants to UCLA research...
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