United States DC Circuit - January 2006 Opinion Summaries

State of Nebraska Dep't of Health & Human Servs. v. Dep't of Health & Human Servs.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Health Law
Judgment vacating policy announcements of agency defendant for lack of notice and comment rulemaking and ordering approval of agency-plaintiff's cost...

Novartis Pharm. Corp. v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
Summary judgment for agency-defendant in a challenge to its decision to change dosage forms, labeling, and established names associated with...

Piersall v. Winter

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Military Law
Petition for review of a decision by agency-respondent not to reverse the effects of petitioner, naval officer's, non-judicial punishment resulting...

US v. Boyd

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction for drug and firearms offenses is affirmed where any error in admitting into evidence certain information from files regarding...

US v. Alston-Graves

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Convictions on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud are affirmed where the provision of a willful blindness instruction constituted harmless error,...

Ceridian Corp. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of an agency decision finding that petitioner impermissibly interfered with its employees' choice of bargaining representatives is...

Hussain v. Nicholson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment to defendant-employer, a hospital, on claims of discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII is affirmed where the...

US v. Fonseca

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon is affirmed over claims that the district court...

N. Am. Catholic Educ. Programming Found., Inc. v. Fed. Communications Comm'n

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Government Law
Petition for review of a decision by agency respondent denying petitioner's licensing application for instructional television fixed services is...

Detroit Newspaper Agency v. Nat. Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
Order of agency respondent finding that petitioner had committed an unfair labor practice in discharging a union member and former striker is remanded...