( June 23, 2026, 2:16 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 22 entered a mandate on its earlier ruling that vacated a lower federal court’s judgment in favor of an excess insurer in a coverage lawsuit over 50-year-old sexual abuse claims brought against a California Catholic diocese, remanding for the lower court to reconsider its ruling in light of the County of San Bernardino v. Ins. Co. of the State of Pennsylvania decision....