United States DC Circuit - August 2008 Opinion Summaries

Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, LLC v. Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Health Law
In a suit challenging the USDA's refusal to allow plaintiff-beef producer to purchase and use kits to test for bovine spongiform encephalopathy in its...

Fabi Constr. Co., Inc. v. Sec'y of Labor

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Construction, Government Law
Subsequent to an action by OSHA claiming safety violations by petitioner that contributed to a construction accident, petition for attorneys' fees and...

McKesson Corp. v. Islamic Republic of Iran

Commercial Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, International Trade
In a suit alleging that Iran unlawfully expropriated plaintiff's investment in an Iranian dairy company, judgment for plaintiffs is reversed where: 1)...

Free Enter. Fund v. Pub. Co. Accounting Oversight Bd.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Securities Law
In a facial challenge to the constitutionality of Title I of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, asserting that it violates the Appointments Clause and separation...

Sierra Club v. Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an action challenging an EPA rule preventing state and local authorities from supplementing emissions-monitoring requirements under the Clean Air...

Wilson v. Libby

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Remedies
In a suit by Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband alleging that employees in the Office of the Vice President and the State Department violated their...

Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corp. Med. Benefits Trust v. Raines

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law
In a shareholder derivative suit alleging that the directors of Fannie Mae failed to exercise sufficient oversight of the company's accounting...

Ass'n of Civilian Technicians, Puerto Rico Army Chapter v. Fed. Labor Relations Auth.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Petition for review of an FLRA order disallowing a provision in a labor contract which would have required the National Guard to reimburse employees...

In re: Navy Chaplaincy

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a suit by Navy chaplains alleging that the Navy's retirement system discriminates in favor of Catholic chaplains in violation of the Establishment...

Steele v. Schafer

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit alleging creation of a hostile work environment and retaliation, summary judgment for defendant-Department of Agriculture is...