United States DC Circuit - June 2010 Opinion Summaries

US v. Deloitte LLP

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Tax Law
In the U.S.'s appeal from the district court's order denying its motion to compel Dow Chemical Company's independent auditor, Deloitte & Touche USA,...

General Elec. Co. v. Jackson

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an action challenging the constitutionality of a statutory scheme that authorized the Environmental Protection Agency to issue orders, known as...

US v. Coughlin

Criminal Law & Procedure
The district court's order that defendant be retried on charges arising out of defrauding the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund is affirmed in...

McFadden v. Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against a law firm alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42...

Sherley v. Sebelius

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law
In an action by medical researchers challenging newly promulgated guidelines authorizing the National Institutes of Health to fund more research...

St. Marks Place Hous. Co. v. US Dept. of Hous. & Urb. Dev.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) decision, contending that HUD regulations prohibited HUD from requiring...

Murthy v. Vilsack

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by an ex-employee against the Secretary of Agriculture for breach of the terms of a settlement agreement and for non-selection to a GS-15...

Barhoumi v. Obama

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a habeas petition filed by a Guantanamo Bay detainee, the denial of the petition is affirmed where: 1) the district court's alleged failure to...

RLI Ins. Co. v. All Star Transp., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Transportation
In an interpleader action by an insurance company to determine its obligations to pay truckers hired by its bankrupt insured under a surety bond,...

Gonzalez v. Dept. of Labor

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging the Department of Labor's decision that plaintiff was required to pay the Department a share of the proceeds from a personal...