United States DC Circuit - November 2008 Opinion Summaries

Albany Eng'g Corp. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
In a case involving the reimbursement by downstream licensees of upstream dam operators for "headwater benefits" conferred by those dams, petition for...

Royall v. Nat'l Ass'n of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment-discrimination case, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where there was no evidence from which a reasonable jury could find...

Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Whole Foods Market, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
Denial of the FTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the merger of the Whole Foods and Wild Oats supermarket chains is reversed and...

Seghers v. Securities and Exchange Comm'n

Administrative Law, Sanctions, Securities Law
Petition for review of an SEC order barring petitioner from association with investment advisers based on his violation of section 17(a) of the...

Feemster v. BSA Ltd. P'ship

Government Benefits, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action alleging that defendant-landlord unlawfully refused to accept Section 8 vouchers as payment for rent, summary judgment for tenants in...

Montgomery v. Chao

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging employment discrimination and retaliation by his government employer, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where no...

US v. Gardellini

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Tax Law, White Collar Crime
Sentence for filing a false tax return is affirmed, despite falling below the guideline range, where the sentencing court properly considered all of...

US v. Anderson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Tax Law, White Collar Crime
Sentence for tax evasion and fraud is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) there was no ex post facto violation in the sentencing of...

US v. Walker

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing an unregistered firearm is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) the...

Teva Pharms., USA, Inc. v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action to force the Food and Drug Administration to grant a period of market exclusivity for plaintiff's generic version of the drug Risperdal,...