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: October 12, 2018
Docket Number: 16-7132
Justia Opinion Summary: The DC Circuit vacated its previous opinion and substituted the following opinion. Homeowners filed suit against their insurance company for breach of contract when the company refused to cover flood damage to homeowner...
Date: October 12, 2018
Docket Number: 17-5246
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the district court's dismissal of his complaint, denial of his motion for leave to amend the complaint, and rejection of his motion to transfer the case to the United States Court of Federal Claims. Af...
Date: September 21, 2018
Docket Number: 16-1285
Justia Opinion Summary: The DC Circuit granted ANR's petition for review challenging FERC's decision refusing to allow ANR to charge market-based rates, as opposed to cost-based rates, for its natural gas storage services. The court held that F...
Date: September 18, 2018
Docket Number: 16-1159
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs challenged the Copyright Royalty Board's most recent determination for rates noninteractive webcasters must pay to play recordings over the Internet under a statutory copyright license. The DC Circuit sustaine...
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number: 16-5298
Justia Opinion Summary: DC Code 24-409 generally requires the Commission to hold an offender’s first DC parole hearing at his DC parole eligibility date, and that rule also applies to offenders, like plaintiff, who become eligible for DC parole...
Date: September 4, 2018
Docket Number: 17-1151
Justia Opinion Summary: The DC Circuit denied a petition for review of the Board's decision affirming an ALJ's conclusion that the College violated the National Labor Relations Act by refusing to provide information requested by a union represe...
Date: August 24, 2018
Docket Number: 16-3096
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, the drugs on board the Mistby, in violation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA) and the Controlled Substances Imp...
Date: August 21, 2018
Docket Number: 15-1219
Justia Opinion Summary: Coal residuals, “one of the largest industrial waste streams,” contain myriad carcinogens and neurotoxins. Power plants generally store it on site in aging piles or pools, risking protracted leakage and catastrophic stru...
Date: August 21, 2018
Docket Number: 17-5068
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005, Delta Airlines filed for bankruptcy and stopped contributing to its pilots' pension plan. Delta and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) terminated that Plan, which had insufficient assets to support...
Date: August 17, 2018
Docket Number: 15-3040
Justia Opinion Summary: The DC Circuit affirmed Defendants Ayala, Machado-Erazo, and Martinez-Amaya's convictions and sentences for conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute. The court held that the...
Date: August 17, 2018
Docket Number: 16-3005
Justia Opinion Summary: A generic appeal waiver does not affect a defendant's ability to appeal his sentence on yet-to-arise ineffective-assistance-of-counsel grounds. The DC Circuit held that the appeal waiver did not preclude defendant from a...
Date: August 17, 2018
Docket Number: 16-5269
Justia Opinion Summary: The DC Circuit affirmed the district court's decision to uphold HHS's redaction of certain types of information in response to PETA's request for information about the importation of nonhuman primates under the Freedom o...
Date: August 17, 2018
Docket Number: 17-1155
Justia Opinion Summary: At issue in this appeal was whether the EPA had authority under Sections 307(d)(7)(B) and 112(r)(7) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to delay the effective date of the Chemical Disaster Rule of January 13, 2017, for twenty mon...
