United States DC Circuit - March 2003 Opinion Summaries

US EX REL SIEWICK v. JAMIESON SCIENCE & ENG'G, INC.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A corporate shareholder and director may not be considered the "employer" of a corporate employee within the meaning of the False Claims Act, under...

CRAWFORD v. JACKSON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In light of strong indicia of reliability of a police investigation report, the Parole Board's reliance on hearsay evidence did not violate...

CONTRACTOR'S LABOR POOL, INC. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Labor & Employment Law
The NLRB incorrectly found that a non-union contracting company's policy of refusing to hire job applicants with recent wages at a certain level...

THE FUND FOR ANIMALS, INC. v. NORTON

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, International Law
A Mongolian government agency satisfied the requirements for intervention as a matter of right under FRCP 24(a)(2), in a case concerning application...

SIERRA CLUB v. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
The Clean Air Act, unlike statutes that authorize attorneys' fees awards only to prevailing parties, permits a fee award to "catalyst" parties who...

AID ASS'N FOR LUTHERANS, INC. v. U.S. POSTAL SERV.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Insurance Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Regulations construing an amendment to the Postal Reorganization Act, 39 U.S.C. section 3626(j)(1)(B), as barring use of a reduced postage rate for...

CASINO READY MIX, INC. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Labor & Employment Law
Evidence supported an NLRB finding that an employer was determined not to assign one individual work and decided not to hire others because they were...

MARION HOSP. CORP. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Substantial evidence supported an NLRB finding that a hospital refused to bargain with a union, and nothing happened to "cure" that initial unlawful...

KISKA CONSTR. CORP. v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTH.

Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
A construction company's tort claims against a transit authority were properly dismissed on sovereign immunity grounds, and the district court...

AL ODAH v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, International Law, Military Law
The district court had no habeas corpus jurisdiction to adjudicate actions contesting the legality and conditions of confinement of aliens captured...