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.

Browse Opinions From the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Recent Decisions From the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Bello v. Gacki  
Date: March 12, 2024
Docket Number: 23-5036

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the designation of Samark Jose Lopez Bello as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker (SDNT) by the Office of Foreign…

Borochov v. Islamic Republic of Iran  
Date: March 8, 2024
Docket Number: 22-7058

Justia Opinion Summary: The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals examined a case against Iran and Syria brought by Rotem and Yoav Golan, an Israeli couple injured in a terrorist attack. The plaintiffs and their relatives who suffered…

USA v. Calloway  
Date: March 5, 2024
Docket Number: 21-3057

Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the district court's decision in a case involving Clark Calloway Jr., a former U.S. Marine convicted of several firearms offenses. Calloway…

Doe v. Apple Inc.  
Date: March 5, 2024
Docket Number: 21-7135

Justia Opinion Summary: In a case involving cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that the plaintiffs, former cobalt miners injured in mining accidents and…

American Forest Resource Council v. Williams  
Date: March 5, 2024
Docket Number: 22-5216

Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves a dispute between the American Forest Resource Council and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the designation of critical habitat for an endangered species of spotted owl. The U.S. Fish and…

Environ Comm FL Elec Power v. EPA  
Date: March 1, 2024
Docket Number: 15-1239

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to call for revisions to State Implementation Plans (SIPs) under the Clean Air Act because of the SIPs' inclusion of certain provisions related to…

J.G. Kern Enterprises, Inc. v. NLRB  
Date: March 1, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1287

Justia Opinion Summary: The case pertains to J.G. Kern Enterprises, Inc. ("Company") and the National Labor Relations Board ("Board" or "NLRB"). After the Board certified a union to represent the Company's employees, the Company failed to…

NCRNC, LLC v. NLRB  
Date: March 1, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1332

Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves a challenge to a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision against NCRNC, LLC, which operates the Northeast Center for Rehabilitation and Brain Injury. The NLRB found Northeast guilty of several…

Leopold v. DOJ  
Date: March 1, 2024
Docket Number: 22-5300

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was asked to consider an appeal brought by BuzzFeed, Inc. and one of its journalists, Jason Leopold, against a decision of the…

USA v. Brock  
Date: March 1, 2024
Docket Number: 23-3045

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit presided over a case involving an appellant, Larry Brock, who had been convicted for his participation in the January 6th riot at the…

A.P. Bell Fish Company, Inc. v. Raimondo  
Date: March 1, 2024
Docket Number: 23-5026

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit examined a dispute over Final Amendment 53 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico.…

Hospital Menonita de Guayama, Inc. v. NLRB  
Date: February 27, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1163

Justia Opinion Summary: Hospital Menonita de Guayama, Inc. (Petitioner) purchased Hospital San Lucas Guayama (Hospital San Lucas) and became a successor employer. Hospital San Lucas had previously recognized five distinct bargaining units of…

Abreu v. Howard University  
Date: February 23, 2024
Docket Number: 22-7103

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Pablo Abreu, a student who was expelled from Howard University College of Medicine. Abreu appealed his expulsion, arguing that the university violated his rights under Title III of the Americans with…

Public Citizen, Inc. v. FERC  
Date: February 16, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1251

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was asked to review a decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding the regulatory jurisdiction over a…

American Medical Response of Connecticut, Inc. v. NLRB  
Date: February 16, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1261

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves American Medical Response of Connecticut (AMR), a company that operates ambulances and employs emergency medical technicians and paramedics, and the International Association of EMTs and Paramedics…

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