D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Case Law
The U.S. 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 U.S. law and frequently hears litigation involving U.S. 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 U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Date: October 23, 2026
Docket Number: 24-5231
Justia Opinion Summary: A federally recognized Indian tribe in California has experienced decades-long internal disputes over who is eligible to participate in its initial organization under the Indian Reorganization Act. The core issue centers…
Date: October 20, 2026
Docket Number: 25-5209
Justia Opinion Summary: A coalition of twenty-seven Judeo-Christian organizations challenged a change in federal immigration enforcement policy that removed longstanding protections for houses of worship. For over thirty years, the government…
Date: October 9, 2026
Docket Number: 23-3233
Justia Opinion Summary: James Albert Trankle created two entities, including “Good Charity Church Inc.” and “Restaurant Buyers Club Society,” and collected over $200,000 through mail solicitations using trade names similar to those of…
Date: October 2, 2026
Docket Number: 25-1060
Justia Opinion Summary: Basin Electric Power Cooperative is a not-for-profit, member-owned electric cooperative that sells wholesale electricity to its member systems, including Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. Tri-State, in…
Date: September 25, 2026
Docket Number: 24-3161
Justia Opinion Summary: A dual Swedish-Russian national was accused of creating and operating a bitcoin “mixer” service called Bitcoin Fog, which the government alleged was designed to facilitate money laundering and conceal illegal activity.…
Date: September 25, 2026
Docket Number: 25-5456
Justia Opinion Summary: A privately owned railroad company was engaged by the Nevada Department of Transportation to build a high-speed passenger rail line between Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada. To fund this $12 billion project, the…
Date: September 25, 2026
Docket Number: 26-1049
Justia Opinion Summary: A technology company developed an artificial intelligence system and imposed contractual and technical restrictions to prevent its use for fully autonomous lethal military operations and mass domestic surveillance. The…
Date: September 22, 2026
Docket Number: 24-1259
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves the allocation of statutory royalties collected from cable television systems for the distant retransmission of broadcast programming between 2014 and 2017. Under Section 111 of the Copyright Act, cable…
Date: September 22, 2026
Docket Number: 24-5207
Justia Opinion Summary: A minister sought to hold a small prayer event on the lower section of the Eastern Steps of the United States Capitol, advocating for various causes including opposition to federal funding of abortion. Under federal…
Date: September 18, 2026
Docket Number: 25-3104
Justia Opinion Summary: A former high-ranking Navy Admiral served for nearly forty years before retiring. During his last assignment, he interacted with Next Jump, Inc., a company providing leadership training. Despite staff recommendations…
Date: September 11, 2026
Docket Number: 25-1159
Justia Opinion Summary: Consumers Energy Company, a private utility in Michigan, planned to retire the J.H. Campbell Generating Plant, a decades-old coal facility, and replace it with newer, cleaner, and more reliable energy sources. The…
Date: September 9, 2026
Docket Number: 25-1152
Justia Opinion Summary: A former employee, after suspecting his previous employer of facilitating a foreign bribery scheme, provided his suspicions and supporting documents to a journalist. The journalist informed the Department of Justice…
Date: September 8, 2026
Docket Number: 25-7063
Justia Opinion Summary: Gina Latture, a Black woman, was hired in January 2021 as Director of Sales and Marketing by Priority Life Care, LLC (PLC) to prepare a new assisted living facility in Washington, D.C. for its opening. She reported…
Date: September 8, 2026
Docket Number: 26-5006
Justia Opinion Summary: Federal tax privacy law prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from sharing taxpayer return information with other federal agencies unless strict statutory requirements are met. In 2025, after a request from…
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