United States DC Circuit - February 2002 Opinion Summaries

US v. WEAVER

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Two witnesses properly testified against defendant without being qualified as experts, where they performed routine calculations and document review...

NAT'L ASSOC. OF LETTER CARRIERS v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
Where union stewards prevent a non-union employee from filing a grievance, the NLRA gives the Board remedial discretion to remedy such practices, in...

US v. MCCOY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant waived right to challenge an obstruction adjustment to her perjury offense level by failing object to it when it became "relevant," and...

SCEPTER, INC. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Labor & Employment Law
Where a union attempts to continue negotiations but management fails to return the union agent's calls, and only one employee out of a unit out of...

FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Communications Law, Entertainment Law
F.C.C.'s decision not to repeal or to modify the National Television Station Ownership rule was arbitrary, where it could not show why the rule is...

FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Communications Law, Entertainment Law
F.C.C.'s decision not to repeal or to modify the National Television Station Ownership rule was arbitrary, where it could not show why the rule is...

US v. THOMPSON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Under Fed. R. Ev. 103(a)(2), defendant's failure to inform the court about the nature of the post-drug-transaction statements he sought to introduce,...

CUMMINGS v. DEPT. OF THE NAVY

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
Members of the armed forces may sue the military for damages under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 USC 552a(b), and the Feres doctrine does not extend to...

US v. BRAXTONBROWN-SMITH

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Under 18 USC 1956(a)(1), there is no presumption that withdrawing money from a commingled account of clean and unclean funds renders any unlawfully...

UNIV. OF GREAT FALLS v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Catholic Bishop, the NLRB lacks jurisdiction over petitioner, whose organization is religiously operated,...