United States DC Circuit - December 2010 Opinion Summaries

Riordan v. SEC

Administrative Law, Government Law, Securities Law
In a petition for review of an order by the Securities and Exchange Commission, in which the SEC found petitioner liable for various violations of the...

Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. Surface Transp. Bd.

Administrative Law, Transportation
In a petition for review of a decision of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) holding that petitioner's rates for two chlorine shipments, also...

In re: Interbank Funding Corp. Sec. Litig.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action by purchasers of securities of InterBank Funding Corporation, claiming that they relied on materially false misrepresentations and...

US v. Pettiford

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for possessing with intent to distribute cocaine base is affirmed where: 1) it was plain that the district court did not find...

In re: Sealed Case

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction for criminal contempt is affirmed where defendant's outburst was calculated, egregious, in the presence of, and directed at,...

Apache Valley Corp. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of a lease that would enable a larger, interstate pipeline...

Hoopa Valley Tribe v. FERC

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision declining to impose conditions on a utility's annual licenses so as to...

Dania Beach v. FAA

Administrative Law, Government Law, Transportation
In a petition for review of the FAA's Record of Decision that with minor modifications approved a county's proposal to expand its airport, the...

Maydak v. US

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action by prisoners against the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) claiming that (1) the BOP's charges for and uses of duplicate inmate photos for...

Nat'l Petrochemical & Refiners Ass'n v. EPA

Public Utilities, Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In a petition for review of the EPA's volume requirements for renewable fuel and volume requirements for advanced biofuels, biomass-based diesel, and...