United States DC Circuit - May 2007 Opinion Summaries

Public Citizen v. U.S. Dist. Court for the Dist. of Columbia

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In suit claiming that the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 is invalid as the bill that was presented to the President did not first pass both chambers of...

King v. Jackson

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging Title VII violation by appellee's forcing appellant to resign for having opposed the appellee's refusal to renew its 2003 Affirmative...

Canadian Ass'n of Petroleum Producers v. FERC

Civil Procedure, Oil and Gas Law
Challenge to Policy Statement on Income Tax Allowances is dismissed as moot as the merits arguments were resolved in the related case of ExxonMobil v....

ExxonMobil Oil Corp v. FERC

Oil and Gas Law
In disputes involving operator of pipelines transporting petroleum products through several states, petitioners' challenge to orders are denied as...

Termorio SA ESP v. Electranta SP

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law
In dispute over power purchase agreement originally submitted to arbitration in Colombia, where award in favor of appellant was nullified by...

Rumber v. Dist. of Columbia

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In case arising out of decision to renovate the Skyland Shopping Center area in Southeast Washington, D.C., dismissal of complaint seeking to enjoin...

Natural Res. Def. Council v. Johnson

Environmental Law
In dispute over registration of two pesticides containing atrazine, dismissal of Federal Advisory Committee Act claim for lack of standing is reversed...

Harris v. Gonzales

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In case where independent contractor contacted an equal employment opportunity counselor to file a sex discrimination complaint beyond the 45-day time...

Menkes v. Dep't Homeland Sec.

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Contracts
In case involving ship pilot who sued the Coast Guard after it refused to hire him permanently as an independent pilot unless he rejoined the St....

US v. Van Bryson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence based on guilty plea to defrauding Medicare is affirmed over challenge to district court's method of calculating restitution...