United States DC Circuit - February 2003 Opinion Summaries

UTIL. AIR REGULATORY GROUP v. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
A trade association made up of electric utilities lacked standing to seek review of the EPA's interpretation of State Operating Permit Program...

CAN-AM PLUMBING, INC. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Administrative Law, Construction, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
The NLRB's conclusory findings, that dues unlawfully withheld on public works projects did not taint a job targeting program, were inadequate to...

WATERS v. RUMSFELD

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Public Law 95-485, pertaining to military commissary workers' status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), is constitutional, but denial of...

STILLMAN v. CENT. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Constitutional Law, Government Law
The district court abused its discretion by unnecessarily deciding that a plaintiff has a First Amendment right for his attorney to receive access to...

WORKMAN v. UNITED METHODIST COMM. ON RELIEF

Injury & Tort Law
The mother of a woman murdered on an overseas relief mission failed to meet the heightened foreseeability standard under the law of the District of...

AM. FED'N OF GOV'T EMPLOYEES v. RUMSFELD

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Unincorporated labor unions and individual employees lacked prudential standing to bring claims alleging that an Army installation failed to adhere to...

ENTERGY SERVS., INC. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
FERC did not act arbitrarily or capriciously by clarifying its policy regarding credits for short-circuit and stability network upgrades to an...

BEN-KOTEL v. HOWARD UNIV.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action based on national origin, because plaintiff did not raise the argument that the district court misconceived the...

LOPEZ v. FED. AVIATION ADMIN.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
A Designated Engineering Representative (DER) failed to show prejudice from any failure by the Federal Aviation Administration to follow its own...

GOLDEN SPREAD ELEC. COOP., INC. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
The FERC did not adequately explain its reasons for rejecting petitioner's protest to a tariff, where petitioner contended that a power company's...