United States DC Circuit - January 2007 Opinion Summaries

Karst Envtl. Educ & Prot., Inc. v. EPA

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Transportation
In an action by appellant environmental organzitions against various agencies alleging they failed to conduct the environmental and historical...

US v. Quinn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In an appeal of conviction of conspiracy to commit an offense against the U.S. and violating the trade embargo against Iran, the case is held in...

Fog Cutter Capital Group Inc. v. Sec. & Exch. Comm'n

Administrative Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Petition for judicial review of the SEC's denial of a petition for review of the National Association of Securities Dealers' decision to delist...

Jester v. Gov't of Dist. of Columbia

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law
Award of attorney's fees to prevailing plaintiff in a suit under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is vacated and remanded where the...

Felter v. Kempthorne

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law
After dismissal of complaint, based on six-year statute of limitations for non-tort actions against the U.S., alleging defendants improperly...

Gillan v. Winter

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Summary judgment for appellee Navy, in case alleging appellant was discharged after being passed over for promotion as appellee improperly failed to...

Miller v. Department Of The Navy

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Summary judgment for appellee Navy, in case alleging gender discrimination for being passed over for promotion, is reversed where appellee relied on...

Steven R. Perles, PC v. Kagy

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Judgment that appellee attorney had an express oral contract entitling her to one-third of solo practitioner appellant's ultimate multi-million-dollar...

Wolf v. CIA

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendant, in FOIA action seeking records related to Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, a late, former Colombian politician, is reversed to...

American Fed'n Gov't Employees v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In suit brought by plaintiff union to have defendant's decision declared unlawful, which made it impossible for plaintiff to enforce an arbitration...