United States DC Circuit - January 2011 Opinion Summaries

Calhoun v. Johnson

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against plaintiff's employer, the General Services Administration (GSA), claiming discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title...

Kim v. US

Civil Procedure, Tax Law
In an action by tax protestors accusing the IRS of misconduct, the dismissal of the action is affirmed in part where no Bivens claim was available...

Patchak v. Salazar

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action to prevent the Secretary of the Interior from holding land in trust for an Indian tribe in Michigan, the dismissal of the action is...

Santa Monica v. FAA

Administrative Law, Transportation
In a petition for review of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) final agency decision and order concluding that petitioner’s ordinance banning...

ACLU v. U.S. Dept. of Defense

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law
In an action in which plaintiff submitted Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency...

Flint Hills Resources Alaska, LLC v. FERC

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's order accepting a proposed adjustment in a method for valuing various types of...

In re: Lorazepam & Clorazepate Antitrust Litig.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Insurance Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation
In an action claiming that defendants entered into exclusive licensing agreements enabling defendant to raise the prices the insurance companies paid...

Vatel v. Alliance of Auto. Mfrs.

Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that defendant terminated plaintiff because of her race and gender, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where plaintiff...

Capitol Sprinkler Inspection, Inc. v. Guest Serv., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In third-party claims for negligence and breach of contract in connection with a burst pipe at a building managed by third-party defendant, summary...

US v. Tate

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendants' sentences for unlawful distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base are affirmed where: 1) defendant's criminal conduct, as revealed...