United States DC Circuit - January 2005 Opinion Summaries

TAUCHER v. BROWN-HRUSKA

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Securities Law
In a suit where a portion of the Commodity Exchange Act was declared unconstitutional, the award of attorneys' fees to the prevailing parties is...

ASS'N OF ADMIN. LAW JUDGES v. FLRA

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
An employing agency of the United States Government need not bargain over a de minimis change in "conditions of employment."

PETA v. GITTENS

Constitutional Law, Government Law
Plaintiff's suit, alleging defendant violated the First Amendment when it rejected, for display in an outdoor exhibit, a design showing a circus...

WILLIAMS v. US

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff, who claims he was unlawfully arrested by a special police officer employed by the US Government Printing Office, cannot maintain a cause of...

BURLINGTON RES. OIL & GAS CO. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities, Tax Law
Plaintiff's petition for review of defendant-FERC's order, requiring plaintiff to refund ad valorem taxes it collected from pipeline gas purchasers,...

CENTER FOR LAW AND EDUC. v. DEP'T OF EDUC.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
Plaintiffs lack standing to challenge the membership of a rulemaking committee convened pursuant to the No Child Left Behind Act.

US v. RASHAD

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's drug conviction is reversed where the district court erred as a matter of law when it determined defendant was not eligible to plead...

US v. MILLER

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's drug conviction is affirmed over his challenge to the admission of expert testimony concerning the modus operandi of drug dealers in the...

US v. HEWLETT

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm is affirmed over his challenge that the district court should have granted his motion to...

AM. FED'N v. FED. LABOR RELATIONS AUTH.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint, alleging defendant's refusal to execute an agreement was an unfair labor practice, is affirmed where the agreement...