United States DC Circuit - March 2005 Opinion Summaries

Reid v. District of Columbia

Education Law
In a suit alleging violations of the Individuals with Disabilities Act(IDEA), summary judgment in favor of defendant-school district is reversed where...

SELECT MILK PRODUCERS v. JOHANNS

Civil Procedure, Government Law
Plaintiff is a prevailing party under the Equal Access to Justice Act since the preliminary injunction issued was a judgment that resulted in a...

ROBERTSON v. AM. AIRLINES, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a personal injury action, the Warsaw Convention's statute of limitations bars plaintiff's claim since she sustained her injuries on a flight that...

US v. SMITH

Criminal Law and Procedure, Sentencing

AM. LIBRARY ASS'N v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law
A rehearing is required to determine whether plaintiff has standing to challenge an FCC rule requiring digital television receivers to give effect to...

US v. YARBOROUGH

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for illegally possessing a firearm is reversed where the conviction was the product of coercion resulting both from the...

TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE CO. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Government Law
Plaintiff unsuccessfully challenges the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's determination to not allow pipelines to collect full reservation...

US TELECOM ASS'N v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
An FCC order, which set forth the conditions under which wireline telecommunications carriers must transfer telephone numbers to wireless carriers, is...

CENTRAL TEXAS TEL. COOP. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Government Law
The district court's order, which authorized wireless-to-wireless number portability, was not arbitrary or capricious, and was properly adopted...

AM. JEWISH CONGRESS v. CORP. FOR NAT'L AND CMTY. SERV.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
The government does not promote religion in violation of the Establishment Clause when it reimburses all grantees, religious and secular, for a...