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Recent Decisions From the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
NOVA Southeastern Univ. v. NLRB
Date: December 11, 2015
Docket Number:
11-1297
Justia Opinion Summary: Nova petitioned for review of the Board's finding that it violated section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), 29 U.S.C. 158(a)(1). Nova hired UNICCO to provide maintenance, landscaping, and janitorial se...
Mike-sell's Potato Chip Co. v. NLRB
Date: December 11, 2015
Docket Number:
14-1021
Justia Opinion Summary: Mike-sell's petitioned for review of the Board's determination that it violated Section 8(a)(5) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), 29 U.S.C. 158(a)(5), when it unilaterally instituted terms and conditions of emp...
United States v. Zagorski
Date: December 1, 2015
Docket Number:
12-3084
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed his sentence after pleading guilty to distributing child pornography. The court concluded that the district court properly applied a cross-reference to the guideline governing production of child porno...
United States v. Law
Date: December 1, 2015
Docket Number:
12-3108
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants were convicted of conspiring to traffic in narcotics and numerous related crimes and subsequently challenged their resentencing on remand. The court rejected Defendant Farrell's contentions that the district c...
Canonsburg General Hosp. v. Burwell
Date: December 1, 2015
Docket Number:
13-5370
Justia Opinion Summary: The Secretary issued regulations setting out reasonable cost limits (RCLs) for specified medical services and establishing certain exceptions to those limits. Canonsburg claimed that the Secretary has violated the Admini...
United States v. Cordova
Date: November 24, 2015
Docket Number:
11-3034
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Cordova, Gutierrez, and Sorto appealed their convictions for conspiracy, violent crimes in aid of racketeering, murder, assault, and federal and District of Columbia weapons offenses. The court rejected defend...
United States ex rel. Purcell v. MWI Corp.
Date: November 24, 2015
Docket Number:
14-5210
Justia Opinion Summary: After the United States prevailed in a civil action brought pursuant to the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. 3729, based on certifications by MWI to the Bank to secure loans financing MWI's sale of water pumps to Nigeri...
Western Minnesota Municipal v. FERC
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number:
14-1153
Justia Opinion Summary: Western Minnesota and intervenors petitioned for review of FERC's award of a permit for a hydroelectric project in Polk County, Iowa. The Commission concluded that the municipal preference under Section 7(a) of the Feder...
Klayman v. Obama
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number:
15-5307
United States v. Newman
Date: November 17, 2015
Docket Number:
15-3009
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant filed a petition for a writ of coram nobis, seeking to vacate his conviction for federal wire fraud on the ground that his attorney failed to properly advise him about the immigration consequences of pleading g...
Spurlino Materials v. NLRB
Date: November 13, 2015
Docket Number:
12-1034
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner seeks review of the Board's conclusion that petitioner's refusal to reinstate the striking workers was itself an unfair labor practice and order of reinstatement. The court denied the petition and granted the...
Mobley v. CIA
Date: November 13, 2015
Docket Number:
13-5286
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant seeks information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, and the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, relating principally to his detention in Yemen from four federal agencies. After filing suit to c...
Hyundai Amer. Shipping Agency v. NLRB
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number:
11-1351
Justia Opinion Summary: Hyundai challenged the Board's order invalidating five rules in the employee handbook maintained by Hyundai because the rules violated section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), 29 U.S.C. 157, 158(a)(1)....
Willson v. Commissioner
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number:
14-1109
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant received his 2006 income tax refund twice and the IRS sought to recover the erroneous refund by levy. At the tax court stage, the IRS conceded that the levy was an improper collection method, zeroed out appella...
Treasure State Resource v. EPA
Date: November 3, 2015
Docket Number:
13-1263
Justia Opinion Summary: EPA exercised its authority under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q, to issue a Final Rule designating 29 areas as not meeting its new sulfur dioxide standards. Treasure State Resource Industry Association challeng...
