United States DC Circuit - June 2001 Opinion Summaries

FED. ELECTION COMM'N v. NAT'L RIFLE ASS'N OF AM.

Elections
The Federal Election Campaign Act, 2 USC 431-455, prohibits corporations from making contributions to federal elections campaigns, and they cannot...

US v. KAYODE

Criminal Law & Procedure
Where defendant attempts to sever her trial from that of co-defendants under Fed. R. Crim. P. 14, the district court's interest in judicial economy is...

PENNSYLVANIA TRANSFORMER TECH., INC. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Labor & Employment Law
Where both companies were in the same business, the production process did not change, and employees continued to do the same work after the takeover,...

HUSQVARNA AB v. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
42 USC 7547 does not require the EPA to use a specific method of cost-analysis when considering petitioner's cost-effectiveness study during the...

HONEYWELL INT'L, INC. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Labor & Employment Law
The employer's refusal to honor severance benefits in an agreement is an unlawful refusal to bargain under the NLRA where the disputed provision does...

HONEYWELL INT'L, INC. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Whether an employer can lawfully cancel a competitiveness agreement depends on the terms of the agreement, so the issue is one of contract...

U.S. CELLULAR CORP. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Communications Law
Because wireless service subscribers are the ultimate beneficiaries of FCC requirements that petitioners implement emergency 911 services, petitioners...

US v. MICROSOFT CORP.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Cyberspace Law
Trial court judge engaged in "serious judicial misconduct" by making derogatory and ex parte remarks to the news media about a litigant, causing...

US v. GREEN

Criminal Law & Procedure
Although the trial court erroneously instructed the jury that defendant could be guilty of "using or carrying" a firearm under 18 USC 924(c)(1) by...

FREDRICK v. DIST. OF COLUMBIA

Civil Procedure
A party who moves for judgment at the close of the opponent's evidence must reassert the motion at the close of all evidence in order to preserve the...