United States DC Circuit - April 2009 Opinion Summaries

National Tel. Cooperative v. FCC

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law
Petitioner's petition for review of an FCC order requiring local wireline telephone carriers to route calls to wireless carriers is denied, where the...

Eagle Broad. Group v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Media Law
Petitioner's petition for review of the FCC's determination that Petitioner's broadcasting license expired is denied, where Petitioner failed to...

Tribune Pub. Co. v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
Petitioner-Employer's petition for review of an NLRB decision that Petitioner violated the NLRA by discontinuing the use of Petitioner's...

Garcia v. Wilsack

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Government Law
In an action under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) alleging discriminatory distribution of federal farm benefits, the dismissal of the...

Rasul v. Myers

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action alleging illegal detention at Guantanamo Bay, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed, where Defendant federal officials did not...

FedEx Home Delivery v. NLRB

Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Petitioner-Employer's petition for review of the NLRB's finding of an unfair labor practice is granted, where the drivers with which Petitioner...

US v. Baldwin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
Defendant's health care fraud conviction is affirmed, where the District Court did not commit plain error in the restitution order it issued with...

US v. Thompson

Criminal Law & Procedure
In an appeal from a discovery order requiring the production of documents provided by Defendant's former employer to the government, the order is...

Mayer Brown LLP v. IRS

Government Law, Tax Law
In an appeal from the District Court's order that certain IRS records were not discoverable under the Freedom of Information Act, the order is...

Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Dep't of Interior

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a petition for review of a Department of Interior oil and gas leasing program, the petition is granted in part, where the program's environmental...