United States DC Circuit - June 2006 Opinion Summaries

Consumer Fed'n of Am. v. Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Government Law
A district court's holding that certain electronic appointment calendars of six United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials were not...

Maine Pub. Utils. Comm'n v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
Petition for review, brought by owners of electric transmission facilities and several state public utility commissions, challenging orders of the...

In re: Core Communications, Inc.

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law
Petitions for review of a partial grant and denial of a competitive local exchange carrier's petition asking the FCC to forbear from applying certain...

Nat'l Treasury Employees Union v. Chertoff

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Regulations establishing a human resources management system involving Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees are held to have failed to...

Taylor v. Rice

Administrative Law, Government Law, Health Law, International Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for the secretary of state on plaintiff's claim that the State Department violated the Rehabilitation Act when it refused to hire him...

US v. Sullivan

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Sentencing
A conviction and sentence for knowingly possessing child pornography images that were transported in interstate commerce via the Internet, is affirmed...

Nat'l Treasury Employees Union v. Fed. Labor Relations Auth.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A union's petition for review of a decision of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) upholding an arbitration award in favor of the United...

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

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Government Law
In the context of petitions under section 10 of the Communications Act of 1934, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may not refuse to consider...

Am. Fed'n of Gov't Employees v. Fed. Labor Relations Auth.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
A petition for review of an order of the Federal Labor Relations Authority reducing attorney's fee an arbitrator awarded to a union for representing a...

Worth v. Jackson

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a complaint involving a white male employee's challenge to a government agency's affirmative action policy is affirmed in part, vacated...