United States DC Circuit - March 2008 Opinion Summaries

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

Administrative Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
Petitions for review challenging the FERC's approval of a comprehensive settlement that redesigned New England's capacity market are granted where the...

Floyd v. Paulson

Government Law, Judgement Enforcement, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of a motion to enforce a judgment granting retired criminal investigators from the US Secret Service an increase in retirement benefits is...

Fitts v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a former Fannie Mae attorney challenging the discontinuance of disability benefits for a mental illness, partial summary judgment for...

Cephas v. MVM, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit claiming the defendant violated its Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with plaintiff's union when it transferred him to another...

Brady v. Livingood

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against the U.S. House Office of the Sergeant at Arms alleging racial discrimination, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1)...

St. John's United Church of Christ v. Fed. Aviation Admin.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
Petition for review challenging an FAA grant to the City of Chicago reimbursing costs of certain work performed as part of the City's expansion of...

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Transportation
A petition for review of a FERC order that modified plaintiff's contract with a natural gas distributor is granted where, although the FERC was...

Ahmed v. Bush

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Military Law, Remedies
When the Supreme Court grants certiorari to review the circuit court's determination that the district court lacks jurisdiction, a court can, pursuant...

United Foods and Commercial Workers v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petitions for review of a NLRB order providing that 1) employer has no general duty to bargain with the Union representing meat-department employees;...

Juarez v. Dep't Of Justice

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Summary judgment upholding the DEA's denial of appellant's Freedom of Information Act request is affirmed over claims that: 1) the DEA's affidavits...