United States DC Circuit - January 2010 Opinion Summaries

Jankovic v. Int'l. Crisis Grp.

Communications Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In a defamation action regarding defendant's statement that plaintiff was involved in "crony companies" associated with former Serbian dictator...

Connecticut Dep't of Pub. Util. Control v. FERC

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) order increasing the permissible return on equity for a regional...

PNGTS Shipper's Group v. FERC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Oil and Gas Law
In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's order certifying petitioner-shipper's capacity, the petition is dismissed for...

US v. Pineda

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's petition for rehearing the court of appeals' affirmance of his kidnapping conviction is denied where the prosecution presented, and the...

American Gas Ass'n. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's revisions to its financial forms and reporting rules for interstate natural gas...

Riffin v. Surface Transp. Bd.

Administrative Law, Transportation
In a petition for review of the denial of petitioner's application to the Surface Transportation Board for an order declaring that 49 U.S.C. section...

US v. Love

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for transporting child pornography is affirmed in part where: 1) the district court based its application of the U.S.S.G. section...

Kornman v. SEC

Administrative Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Securities Law
In a petition for review of an SEC order barring petitioner from associating with a broker-dealer, the petition is denied where: 1) Rule 250 of the...

US v. Carter

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's bank robbery sentence is affirmed where certified records from a state court's disposition database were sufficient to support a finding...

SFPP, L.P. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Construction, Contracts, Transportation
In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) order requiring petitioner to pay reparations to complaining shippers...