United States DC Circuit - June 2009 Opinion Summaries

Hornbeck Offshore Transp., LLC v. US

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a tort action against the U.S. based on the Coast Guard's decision to phase out single-hulled oil barges such as those operated by Plaintiff, the...

Moshea v. Nat'l. Transp. Safety Bd.

Administrative Law, Transportation
In a petition for review of the National Transportation Safety Board's revocation of Petitioner's pilot certificate, the petition is granted where the...

S&F Market St. Healthcare LLC v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a petition for review of the NLRB's finding that Petitioner engaged in an unfair labor practice by failing to notify certain temporary employees...

Novak v. Capital Mgmt. & Dev. Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a personal injury action arising out of a nightclub's failure to monitor an alley next to its exit where Plaintiff was attacked, judgment for...

Capitol Hill Grp. v. Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLC

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Professional Malpractice
In a legal malpractice action, summary judgment for Defendant law firm is affirmed where previous litigation involving Defendant's fee applications...

Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. v. US

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure
In an action seeking an injunction requiring the Office of Foreign Assets Control to issue Plaintiff a license to export goods to Iran, the dismissal...

Oglala Sioux Tribe v. US Army Corps of Eng'rs.

Government Law, Indian Law
In an action by a Sioux Indian tribe seeking a declaration that the 1889 Act of Congress dissolving the Great Sioux Reservation never took effect, the...

Landstar Express Am., Inc. v. Federal Maritime Comm'n

Administrative Law, Transportation
In a petition for review of the Federal Maritime Commission's (Commission) order requiring agents of Ocean Transportation Intermediaries (OTIs) to be...

Alvin Lou Media, Inc. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Media Law
In a petition for review of the denial of Petitioner radio station's request for reconsideration of the mutually exclusive designation of the...

Horning v. SEC

Administrative Law, Securities Law
In a petition for review of an SEC order barring Petitioner from associating with a broker or dealer in a supervisory capacity based on his failure to...