United States DC Circuit - July 2010 Opinion Summaries

Menominee Indian Tribe v. US

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Indian Law
In a breach-of-contract action by a government contractor, the district court's dismissal of the action is reversed where: 1) the limitations period...

US v. Baugham

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for various federal drug and conspiracy offenses is affirmed where: 1) defendant never asserted that a misstated name in the...

Mogenhan v. Napolitano

Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against the Secret Service claiming that it violated the Rehabilitation Act by retaliating against plaintiff for filing a discrimination...

US v. Shabban

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Family Law, International Law
Defendant's international parental kidnaping conviction is affirmed where the evidence was sufficient to persuade a reasonable juror of defendant's...

US v. Moore

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Defendant's conviction for making a materially false statement because he signed a false name on a Postal Service delivery form is affirmed where a...

LeFande v. Dist. of Columbia

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) violated the First Amendment by terminating plaintiff's...

NLRB v. Fed. Lab. Rel. Auth.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the National Labor Relations Board's petition for review of an order of the Federal Labor Relations Authority holding the Board engaged in an...

Boniface v. Dept. of Homeland Sec.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Transportation
In a petition for review of a 2009 order of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), an agency within the Department of Homeland Security,...

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation P'ship v. Salazar

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
In an action by environmental organizations filed for declaratory and injunctive relief arguing that the Bureau of Land Management's Record of...

National Corn Growers Ass'n v. EPA

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law
In a petition for review by the National Corn Growers Association, the National Sunflower Association, the National Potato Council, and FMC...