United States DC Circuit - August 2007 Opinion Summaries

PNC Fin. Servs. Group v. Comm'r IRS

Banking Law, International Trade, Tax Law
A ruling that foreign tax credit for taxes paid on appellant's behalf in Brazil must be reduced by the amount of an indirect subsidy appellant...

Kleiman & Hochberg, Inc. v. US Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture
Petition for review of administrative decision restricting petitioners' ability to do business in the produce industry is denied over challenges to:...

US v. Taylor

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a person convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year is...

Jackson v. Gonzales

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging racial discrimination in hiring, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where a reasonable jury could not find defendant's...

U.S. v. Booker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction based on guilty plea to possessing with intent to distribute marijuana is affirmed over defendant's claims that: 1) the district court...

US v. Edwards

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence of former D.C. asbestos inspector for bribery and extortion are affirmed over claim that the district court erred in its...

US v. Bowman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction based on conditional guilty plea to gun and drug indictment, after criminal complaint was initially dismissed with prejudice, is remanded...

Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs v. Von Eschenbach

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
Holding that the Constitution does not provide terminally ill patients with a right of access to experimental drugs that have passed limited safety is...

Petal Gas Storage, L.L.C. v. FERC

Oil and Gas Law
In challenge by two natural gas pipeline companies to respondent's ratemaking orders, respondent's selection of the "proxy groups" used to calculate...