United States DC Circuit - December 2009 Opinion Summaries

City of Harper Woods' Employees' Ret. Sys. v. Olver

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a shareholder derivative action alleging breaches of fiduciary duties and waste of corporate assets by current and former directors of a...

Czekalski v. LaHood

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that plaintiff's supervisor at the Federal Aviation Administration discriminated against her on the basis of sex by reassigning...

Hays v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
In an action by a Medicare Part B beneficiary challenging a decision by a regional Medicare contractor to reimburse for a particular drug only up to...

Jackson County v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Law
In a petition for review of orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) which granted the application of a power company to surrender...

Nat'l. Postal Mail Handlers Union v. Am. Postal Wkrs. Union

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action to overturn an arbitral award in a dispute over which union was entitled to perform certain work at a U.S. Postal Service facility,...

Nyunt v. Chairman, Broadcasting Bd. of Gov'rs.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff was "suitably qualified" and that the Broadcasting Board of Governors therefore contravened its statutory mandate...

Act Now To Stop the War and End Racism Coalition v. Dist. of Colum.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action claiming that certain regulations of the District of Columbia Department of Transportation governing the placement of posters in the...

Alaska Airlines Inc. v. Transp. Sec. Admin.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Transportation
In a petition for review of the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) imposition of passenger security fees on airlines, the petition is...

American Road & Transp. Builders Ass'n. v. EPA

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
In a petition for review of certain EPA Clean Air Act regulations, the petition is dismissed where National Mining Ass'n. v. U.S. Dept. of Interior,...

Rural Cellular Ass'n., Inc. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law
In a petition by wireless telephone service providers serving primarily small and rural markets for review of the Federal Communications Commission's...