United States DC Circuit - October 2009 Opinion Summaries

In the Matter of: Greater Southeast Cmty. Hosp. Found., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an appeal from a district court order striking plaintiff's attorney as counsel of record and terminating his status as an appellant from a...

Skinner v. US Dep't of Justice

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Habeas Corpus
In a Privacy Act action against the Bureau of Prisons concerning the loss of plaintiff-prisoner's good-time credits, dismissal of the complaint is...

FTC v. Tarriff

Civil Procedure, Health Law
In an appeal from an order of the district court granting a petition to enforce subpoenas issued to pharmaceutical company officers in the course of...

US v. Jones

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's firearm possession conviction is affirmed where defendant-s voluntary statement that he was publicly drinking in violation of local law...

CSX Transp., Inc. v. STB

Administrative Law, Transportation
In petitions for review of a Surface Transportation Board regulation that provided two simplified methods for resolving rail rate disputes too small...

CSX Transp., Inc. v. STB

Administrative Law, Transportation
In petitions for review of a Surface Transportation Board regulation that provided two simplified methods for resolving rail rate disputes too small...

Jamieson v. Comm'r of Internal Rev. Serv.

International Law, Tax Law
In an appeal from the Tax Court's determination that the taxpayers owed alternative minimum tax (AMT), the order is affirmed where the Technical and...

Judicial Watch, Inc. v. US Dept. of Commerce

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Government Law
In an action claiming that the Department of Commerce (DOC) violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) by failing to document aspects of the...