all - Opinion Summaries

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH, INC. v. US ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
The court lacks jurisdiction to review EPA action issuing total maximum daily load limits on certain pollutants discharged into rivers, an action not...

AFL-CIO v. FED. ELECTION COMM'N

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections
A Federal Election Commission regulation requiring public release of investigatory file materials not exempted by the Freedom of Information Act,...

KOZOHORSKY v. HARMON

Administrative Law, Civil Rights
Dismissal without prejudice of a prisoner's section 1983 claim was appropriate, for failure to exhaust administrative remedies on claims against a...

HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS' UNION v. CITY OF HOUSTON

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Section 207(o)(5) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not require a public agency to allow its employees the use of accrued compensatory time...

YOUNG v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Tax Law
The district court did not have subject-matter jurisdiction to hear a "direct taxation" claim not raised during the administrative process. The...

CELAYA v. HALTER

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In denying an application for supplemental security and disability benefits, the administrative law judge did not meet his obligation to develop the...

SPRINT CORP. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Communications Law
A challenge to an FCC decision to lift a ban on specialized overlay area codes is unripe, as challenges are intertwined with how the FCC might...

CTR. FOR NAT'L SECURITY STUDIES v. US DEP'T OF JUSTICE

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Exemption 7(A) of the Freedom of Information Act justifies the government's withholding the names of persons detained in the wake of the September 11,...

E. TEXAS ELEC. COOP., INC. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
In challenges to FERC orders accepting a power pool's procedure for allocating network transmission revenue among member facilities, FERC properly...

BUTLER v. SOC. SEC. ADMIN.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Merit Systems Protection Board correctly ruled that it did not have jurisdiction over an appeal by an administrative law judge from a decision by...