D.C. Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit encompasses the smallest geographic area of any of the federal circuits with appellate jurisdiction over the District of Columbia. Despite its size, the court has been a major influence on US law and frequently hears litigation involving US federal agencies.
More information regarding the history of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit can be found at The Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit.
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Recent Decisions From the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Date: November 12, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1067
Justia Opinion Summary: A group of organizations and a resident challenged a plan by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Park Service (NPS) regulating tourist flights over four national parks near San Francisco. The…
Date: October 29, 2024
Docket Number: 20-5221
Justia Opinion Summary: Jason Lee, an American citizen of Chinese ancestry, was employed by the FBI and held a Top Secret security clearance. After failing three polygraph examinations, the FBI revoked his security clearance and subsequently…
Date: October 29, 2024
Docket Number: 23-7061
Justia Opinion Summary: The appellants, Andrew Hanson and others, challenged the District of Columbia's law that limits firearm magazine capacity to 10 rounds. They argued that this restriction violates their Second Amendment rights,…
Date: October 22, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3042
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a defendant who entered the U.S. Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021, during the certification of the Electoral College votes. The grounds were restricted to protect Vice President Pence, who was…
Date: October 18, 2024
Docket Number: 22-5251
Justia Opinion Summary: The appellant, a federal prisoner serving a twenty-two-year sentence, has a history of filing numerous lawsuits regarding his prison conditions. In this case, he sought to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) under the Prison…
Date: October 8, 2024
Docket Number: 23-7040
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2018, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed an administrative complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that 45Committee, Inc. violated the Federal Election Campaign Act by not registering as a…
Date: October 4, 2024
Docket Number: 22-7117
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1989, thirty-four members of the Kappa Gamma fraternity at Gallaudet University were photographed performing the Bellamy salute, which resembles the Nazi salute. Thirty years later, the president of Gallaudet…
Date: October 4, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1094
Justia Opinion Summary: NextEra Energy Resources, LLC and NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC (collectively, "Seabrook") own a nuclear power plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire. Avangrid, Inc. and NECEC Transmission LLC (collectively, "Avangrid") sought…
Date: October 2, 2024
Docket Number: 24-5205
Justia Opinion Summary: KalshiEx LLC, a regulated commodities exchange, sought to offer "Congressional Control Contracts" allowing individuals to bet on the outcome of the November 2024 congressional elections. The Commodity Futures Trading…
Date: September 24, 2024
Docket Number: 23-7018
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2017, the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (the Union) initiated proceedings against the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) in federal district court. The Union contested Amtrak’s refusal to use…
Date: September 10, 2024
Docket Number: 23-5140
Justia Opinion Summary: A non-profit organization, Citizens for Constitutional Integrity, sued the Census Bureau, the Department of Commerce, and related officials, alleging that the Bureau failed to proportionately reduce the basis of…
Date: September 6, 2024
Docket Number: 22-7171
Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiffs, the estate and family members of Yael Botvin, sued their former lawyers for legal malpractice. Yael Botvin was killed in a 1997 Hamas suicide bombing. In 2005, the plaintiffs hired the law firm Heideman…
Date: September 6, 2024
Docket Number: 23-3057
Justia Opinion Summary: Michael Riley, a former Capitol Police officer, was convicted of obstructing a federal grand jury investigation into the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The day after the attack, Riley advised a rioter,…
Date: September 3, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1271
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves the U.S. Sugar Corporation and other industry petitioners challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2022 rule that classified certain industrial boilers as "new" sources of hazardous air…
Date: September 3, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3052
Justia Opinion Summary: Terrell Armstead was convicted of sex trafficking through coercion. During jury deliberations, a juror was dismissed for failing to disclose her father's criminal history during voir dire. The district court then…
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