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.
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Recent Decisions From the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Date: June 22, 2018
Docket Number: 16-1150
Justia Opinion Summary: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order 1000 encourages the development of “interregional” electricity transmission projects, calling for regional providers to jointly evaluate interregional projects. Poviders must ad...
Date: June 22, 2018
Docket Number: 16-3123
Justia Opinion Summary: Proctor, a cocaine user and informant, told the Metropolitan Police Department that a"Boo" was selling crack cocaine in Lincoln Heights. The cell-phone number Proctor provided belonged to Haight. Shown a photograph Proc...
Date: June 19, 2018
Docket Number: 15-5294
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed suit claiming that the Secretary's failure to supplement the Federal Coal Management Program's programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) violated both the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA...
Date: June 19, 2018
Docket Number: 16-1297
Justia Opinion Summary: The DC Circuit dismissed EPIC's petition for review of the FAA's rule promulgated under the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, in which Congress directed the Secretary to consider whether certain small unmanned ai...
Date: June 19, 2018
Docket Number: 16-5356
Justia Opinion Summary: The DC Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment that certain documents subpoenaed by the FTC were covered by the attorney-client privilege. The court held that obtaining or providing legal advice was one of the sig...
Date: June 19, 2018
Docket Number: 17-1158
Justia Opinion Summary: The DC Circuit granted Verizon's petition for review of the Board's decision affirming the ALJ's finding that Verizon’s discharge of an employee for lying during an investigation was a pretext to rid the company of a pro...
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 15-3056
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Brown, Boston, and Mathews were convicted of crimes related to the unlawful distribution of PCP. Defendant Ira Adona pleaded guilty before trial. The DC Circuit affirmed Brown and Boston's convictions and sent...
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 15-3060
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants Stoddard and Woodruff were convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. Defendant Cobble, who was tried together with Stoddard and Woodruff, was acquitted of the same cha...
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 16-1111
Justia Opinion Summary: After Old Dominion found that its operational costs during the January 2014 polar vortex outstripped the amounts it could charge for electricity under the governing tariff, it asked the Commission to waive provisions of...
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 16-1133
Justia Opinion Summary: The DC Circuit denied Duke's petition for review of the Commission's denial of Duke's complaint against PJM under the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 825e. To prepare for a bitterly cold day during the January 2014 po...
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 16-1303
Justia Opinion Summary: The DC Circuit held that substantial evidence supported the Board's determination that petitioners violated Sections 8(a)(1) and (5) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. 158(a)(1), (5), when they refused to re...
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 16-1338
Justia Opinion Summary: The DC Circuit granted a petition seeking review of the Board's determination that the issuance of a letter seeking union dues from employees of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Hawaii, who formally declined full membership in...
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 16-3052
Justia Opinion Summary: The DC Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to reduce his sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(2). Although the district court concluded defendant was eligible to have his sentence reduced...
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 17-3095
Justia Opinion Summary: The DC Circuit joined its sister circuits and held that defendant was ineligible for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(2) because Amendment 782 does not lower the sentencing range in the career-offender provis...
Date: June 15, 2018
Docket Number: 17-5049
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners, CREW and its executive director, filed suit alleging that the Commission acted "contrary to law" in 2015 when it dismissed their administrative complaint against an unincorporated association. On appeal, CRE...
