United States DC Circuit - May 2009 Opinion Summaries

PAZ Secs., Inc. v. SEC

Administrative Law, Securities Law
Petitioner's petition for review of the SEC's order sustaining sanctions imposed by the NASD is denied, where the SEC did not abuse its discretion in...

South Bend v. Surface Trans. Bd.

Administrative Law, Transportation
Petitioner's petition for review of the Surface Transportation Board's denial of its application for adverse abandonment of certain railroad lines is...

Affum v. US

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Government Benefits
In an action by a grocery store challenging the Secretary of Agriculture's disqualification of Plaintiff from participating in the federal food stamp...

National Cable & Telecom. Ass'n. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law
In a petition for review of an FCC order prohibiting exclusivity agreements between cable companies and owners of multi-unit developments, the...

US v. Philip Morris USA Inc.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a civil RICO action claiming that Defendant tobacco manufacturers and trade associations engaged in wire and mail fraud, judgment for Plaintiffs is...

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Wash. v. Office of Admin.

Administrative Law, Government Law
In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) action seeking the production of White House e-mails, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed, where...

Baptist Mem. Hosp. v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In an action claiming that the Provider Reimbursement Review Board erred by denying Medicare reimbursements to Plaintiff hospitals, summary judgment...

Winder v. Erste

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination action alleging that Defendant retaliated against Plaintiff for reporting supervisors' misconduct, summary judgment for...

BNSF Railway Co. v. U.S. DOT

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a petition for review of the Department of Transportation's (DOT) requirement that employees be directly observed while providing urine samples for...

US v. Ventura

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for reentering the U.S. following removal is vacated, where Defendant's prior state conviction was not a "crime of violence," as...