United States DC Circuit - May 2006 Opinion Summaries

Lindsay v. Gov't Employees Ins. Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
An order denying class certification in an action brought by adjusters against their employer, an insurer, alleging violations of the Fair Labor...

AT&T Corp. v. Fed. Communications Comm'n

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Government Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
A communication company's petition for review of an order of the Federal Communications Commission allowing another company exogenous treatment of...

Frontier Pipeline Co. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Transportation
Petitions for review of orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requiring certain crude oil carriers to pay shippers reparations for...

Lightfoot v. Dist. of Columbia

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of partial summary judgment in a 42 U.S.C section 1983 suit to a class of former government employees whose disability compensation benefits had...

US v.Rumsfeld

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
Denial of relief for a former medical specialist in the U.S. Army convicted by a court-martial of violating a lawful order to add United Nations...

Nix v. Billington

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiffs' motion for a status hearing on pending workplace retaliation claims for lack of jurisdiction is reversed where the district...

In re: Sealed Case

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction and sentence pursuant to a guilty plea to leading a criminal enterprise that distributed significant quantities of heroin is...

Lesesne v. Dist. of Columbia

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Health Law
Summary judgment for defendant in an action brought by a parent under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) alleging that defendant...

FG Hemisphere Assocs., LLC v. Democratic Republic of Congo

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Government Law, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of a Rule 60(b) motion to quash an execution order involving attempts to execute a default judgment against dwellings owned by the Democratic...

Mastro v. Potomac Elec. Power Co.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer in a suit alleging discrimination under Title VII and defamation brought by a former employee terminated for a...