United States DC Circuit - August 2005 Opinion Summaries

Edmonds v. FBI

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees
In a Freedom of Information Act request for certain FBI records, the district court erred when it determined that plaintiff was ineligible for an...

Initiative and Referendum Inst. v. USPS

Constitutional Law
The district court erred when it rejected plaintiff's First Amendment challenge to a United States Postal Service regulation which bans soliciting...

PPL Wallingford Energy v. FERC

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
The FERC's rejection of plaintiff's agreement to provide electric power on a cost-of-service basis violated the Adminstrative Procedure Act.

Mwani v. Osama Bin Laden

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a personal injury action, the district court can properly exercise personal jurisdiction over Osama Bin Laden and al Qaeda where they engaged in...

Crawford v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law
Plaintiff's challenge to amend the FCC's Table of Allotments for FM radio channels is dismissed over his claim that he lacked notice that his...