United States DC Circuit - June 2007 Opinion Summaries

Ass'n of Flght Attendants v. Chao

Labor & Employment Law
Judgment dismissing complaint of plaintiff labor organizations, seeking to compel increased government regulation of airline flight attendants'...

Fogg v. Gonzales

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging racial discrimination in employment, verdict for plaintiff and grant of equitable relief in the form of back pay are affirmed as to...

In re: Grand Jury Subpoena (Judith Miller)

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In proceedings related to the investigation and indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, regarding motion to release of material redacted from a...

Penick Corp. v. DEA

Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Health Law, International Trade
Peition for review of respondent granting intervenor's application for registration as an importer of narcotic raw materials under the Controlled...

Pitt v. Dist. of Columbia

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In false arrest case, partial grant of judgment as a matter of law for defendants, after split jury verdict for plaintiffs, is reversed as to: 1)...

Butler v. Dep't of Justice

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
Federal prisoner's request to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is denied under the court's supervisory discretion, even though his five prior...

Devia v. NRC

Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
Challenge to respondent's decision to grant a license permitting the construction and operation of a spent nuclear fuel storage facility in Utah, on...

Thompson v. DEA

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In case involving the "three strikes" provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act as it applies to prisoners seeking to proceed in forma pauperis,...

In re: Grand Jury

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of a motion to compel disclosure of the transcripts of a witness' grand jury testimony to the witness is reversed where grand jury witnesses...

Nemariam v. The Fed. Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a takings claim against Ethiopia and the Central Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) involving bank accounts seized by Ethiopia after it expelled the Eritrean...