all - Opinion Summaries

SACCO v. DEP'T OF JUSTICE

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
The Merit Systems Protection Board reasonably interpreted 5 U.S.C. section 7701(g)(1), in determining that there was no material alteration of the...

DUKE ENERGY TRADING & MKTG., L.L.C. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
FERC acted reasonably in accepting a tariff filing allowing a gas pipeline operator to eliminate its queue system for allocating interruptible...

PG&E GAS TRANSMISSION v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
FERC failed to adequately address relevant Commission precedent and thus acted arbitrarily in denying a gas pipeline operator's tariff filing, in...

SPRINT CORP. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Public Utilities
The FCC failed to provide adequate notice and opportunity to comment prior to promulgating a rule governing the means by which payphone service...

FLORIDA MUN. POWER AGENCY v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
FERC decisions, rejecting a utility transmission customer's request for pricing credits, were supported by substantial evidence and were neither...

CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO. OF NEW YORK, INC. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
The FERC did not act unlawfully in applying its 1995 Policy Statement in resolving a gas pipeline operator's proposal to implement rolled-in rates,...

DEP'T OF THE AIR FORCE v. FED. LABOR RELATIONS AUTH.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
5 U.S.C. section 7103(a)(9)'s definition of "grievance" encompasses complaints filed pursuant to a negotiated grievance procedure and those pursuant...

EXXON MOBIL CORP. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
Because the FERC failed to reconcile its decision to reject a gas pipeline operator's firm transportation proposals with an earlier opinion on a...

DUENAS v. COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY

Administrative Law, Government Law
A Freedom of Information Act claimant did not preserve a challenge to the sufficiency of a State Department affidavit and, in attacking the adequacy...

MAGAN v. COUNTY OF KINGS

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
A county ordinance regulating (and ultimately phasing out) land application of sewage sludge was categorically exempt from review under the California...