United States DC Circuit - February 2005 Opinion Summaries

LAW v. CONT'L AIRLINES CORP.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class-action suit for "pay protection," summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where the district court properly deemed...

FEDERATED LOGISTICS v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Defendant-NLRB's determination that plaintiff-employer committed unfair labor practices, and the order imposed to remedy such practices, are affirmed...

JOMBO v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Tax Law
A taxpayer who wins a lottery in one year, but receives installment payments over the next twenty years, does not constructively receive his entire...

NAT'L SCIENCE AND TECH. NETWORK v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law
Defendant-FCC's order, finding that plaintiff's mobile radio licenses had lapsed due to nonconstruction, is affirmed.

CTR. FOR ENERGY v. EPA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Plaintiff's petition for review, challenging defendant-EPA's approval of the Annex Rule, which allows states to implement their own emissions trading...

PUBLIC SERV. COMM'N OF KENTUCKY v. FERC

Administrative Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
In a proceeding to set rates for the transmission of electricity, plaintiff's petition for review is granted where defendant-FERC failed to provide...

IN RE: GRAND JURY SUBPOENA

Constitutional Law, Media Law
Neither the First Amendment nor the federal common law provides protection for journalists' confidential sources in the context of a grand jury...

AZ CORP. COMM'N v. FERC

Administrative Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
Defendant-FERC properly modified the terms, set in earlier settlements, under which plaintiff ships natural gas over the lines of El Paso Natural Gas...

EL RIO SANTA CRUZ v. US DEPT. OF HHS

Administrative Law, Health Law, Professional Malpractice
Defendant-HHS's denial of medical malpractice coverage to plaintiff-medical center was arbitrary and capricious since it failed to address evidence of...

SEEGARS v. ASHCROFT

Constitutional Law, Government Law
Plaintiffs' challenge to provisions of the District of Columbia's criminal code, which govern and limit the possession of firearms, is dismissed where...