United States DC Circuit - April 2003 Opinion Summaries

INTERMOUNTAIN MUNI. GAS AGENCY v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law
Whether or not FERC could regulate an association comprised of municipalities as to proposed distribution of gas across state lines, FERC had...

SIERRA CLUB v. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
Challenges to EPA regulations pertaining to emission of Mobile Source Air Toxics under the Clean Air Act, including as to allowance of aggregation of...

RC ALUMINUM INDUS., INC. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute over attempts by local union chapters to represent employees at companies in a "double-breasted" operation, evidence 1)showed that...

PAC. GAS & ELEC. CO. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Contracts, Government Contracts, Public Utilities
Energy agreements between petitioner and a federal hydroelectric project operator precluded petitioner from changing energy rates, but the...

SIMPSON v. SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Alleged acts by Libyan authorities against cruise ship passengers were not so cruel or extreme as to constitute "torture" under the Foreign Sovereign...

SHAFFER v. VENEMAN

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
The district court had neither subject matter nor ancillary jurisdiction over a farmer's claim which arose from an agreement with the Department of...

UAW-LABOR EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING CORP. v. CHAO

Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
An executive order requiring government contractors to post notices at facilities, informing employees of certain rights under federal labor law, was...

CHIPPEWA & FLAMBEAU IMPROVEMENT CO. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Construction, Public Utilities, Water Law
The FERC properly determined that a reservoir was "necessary or appropriate" to a project, and that projects downstream constituted a complete unit of...

STANFORD HOSP. & CLINICS v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A hospital policy, prohibiting employees from soliciting and distributing materials to fellow employees in areas adjacent to patient units, was...

HANDY v. SHAW, BRANSFORD, VEILLEUX & ROTH

Civil Procedure, Legal Malpractice
FRCP 13 did not require plaintiff to file her legal malpractice claim against a law firm in a lawsuit already pending in the District of Columbia...