United States DC Circuit - August 2009 Opinion Summaries

Comcast Corp. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law
In a petition for review of an FCC rule in which the Commission capped at 30% of all subscribers the market share any single cable television operator...

Liberty Prop. Trust v. Republic Props. Corp.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a securities fraud action, dismissal of the complaint is reversed where the limited partnership units at issue were securities within the meaning...

Cohen v. US

Administrative Law, Tax Law
In an action challenging an IRS refund policy regarding certain excise taxes, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed in part where plaintiffs failed...

US v. Brockenborrugh

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's wire fraud conviction and sentence are affirmed, where 1) there was ample evidence in the record from which the jury could reasonably...

Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Dep't of Transp.

Administrative Law, Transportation
In petitions for review of the Department of Transportation's order approving certain of the methods used by a city to calculate the rental rates...

Malik v. Dist. of Colum.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In an action against prison administrators for indifference to plaintiff's medical needs, summary judgment for defendants is reversed where: 1) no...

Abington Crest Nursing & Rehab. Ctr. v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In an action challenging a decision by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny plaintiff nursing facilities reimbursement for certain bad...

Blackmon-Malloy v. U.S. Capitol Police Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action against the U.S. Capitol Police, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed in part where the Capitol Police's...

Lucas v. Duncan

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In an appeal from a Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 sanction issued against plaintiff's attorney, the order is vacated where: 1) there is no basis in the text of...