United States DC Circuit - April 2006 Opinion Summaries

Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
A petition for review of the EPA's approval of a "total maximum daily load" limiting the annual discharge of oxygen-depleting pollutants, and another...

Doe v. Metro. Police Dep't of the Dist. of Columbia

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Dismissal of 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims and tort claims arising from the allegedly wrongful arrests of plaintiffs for underage possession and/or...

Consol. Edison Co. of New York, Inc. v. Bodman

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law
Judgments involving multiple claims for attorneys' fees for litigation undertaken by an attorney in connection with the distribution of refunds...

Bancoult v. McNamara

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of claims involving allegations that the United States government forcibly removed plaintiffs from their homes on islands in the Indian...

Worldwide Moving & Storage, Inc. v. Dist. of Columbia

Bankruptcy Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Remedies, Transportation
Dismissal, for lack of standing, of an action seeking an injunction to prohibit the District of Columbia from imposing a surety bond requirement on a...

2922 Sherman Ave. Tenants' Ass'n v. Dist. of Columbia

Civil Rights, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A jury verdict for plaintiffs on a Fair Housing Act disparate impact discrimination claim involving a city's decision to close certain apartment...

Council on Am. Islamic Relations v. Ballenger

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Dismissal of a defamation suit brought by a nonprofit as barred by sovereign immunity is affirmed where a congressman acted "within the scope of...

Haver v. Comm'r Internal Revenue Serv.

Administrative Law, International Law, Tax Law
A determination by the IRS that an individual owed an alternative minimum tax for years he resided in Germany is affirmed where a treaty between the...

Virgin Islands Tel. Corp. v. Fed. Communications Comm'n

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Government Law
A petition for review of an order finding that a provider of local telephone service in the U.S. Virgin Islands was liable to a provider of...

In re: James

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
An appeal brought pursuant to Rule 23(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure from denial of class certification in an employment discrimination...