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10 May 2014, 11:56 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Friday rejected [opinion, PDF] a challenge to new Environmental Protection Agency [(EPA) official website] standards for manufacturing plant air pollutant output. [read post]
25 Oct 2006, 9:22 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] is currently reviewing proposed rule changes that would place further restrictions on attorney contact with detainees now held at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
1 Jul 2011, 12:24 pm
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Friday dismissed [opinion, PDF] a case brought by Washington state, South Carolina and other local governments challenging the Depart of Energy (DOE) [official website] failure to make a permanent nuclear waste repository [Berkeley Lab backgrounder] in Yucca Mountain, Nevada. [read post]
22 Feb 2012, 6:42 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Tuesday affirmed [opinion, PDF] the dismissal of wrongful death claims by the families of two former Guantanamo Bay [JURIST backgrounder] detainees, Yasser Al-Zahrani of Saudi Arabia and Salah Al-Salami of Yemen, who committed suicide while in detention in 2006. [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 3:15 pm
NAIC is the U.S. standard-setting and regulatory support organization created and governed by the chief insurance regulators from the 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories. [read post]
23 Nov 2010, 7:50 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Friday declined [opinion, PDF] to rehear en banc a bid by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] to overturn a decision that prevents the government from using global positioning systems (GPS) technology to track suspects without a warrant. [read post]
11 Jan 2008, 5:01 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled [PDF text] Friday that four former Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees do not have the right to sue high-ranking government officials for alleged torture and infringement of religious practice during their captivity. [read post]
27 Sep 2019, 12:39 pm
Representing businesses, including woman-owned, small- and medium-sized, local government, and associations, winners from across 12 states and the District of Columbia were recognized. [read post]
11 Jun 2011, 9:15 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Friday overturned [opinion, PDF] the release of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Hussein Salem Mohammed Almerfedi [NYT profile]. [read post]
5 Jan 2014, 10:52 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] ruled [text, PDF] on Friday that the executive branch may continue to withhold a Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] memo that established the legal basis for telephone companies to give customers' calling records to the government without a subpoena or court order. [read post]
18 May 2007, 5:00 pm
This argument and a parallel argument about representation for the District of Columbia are flawed because the Constitution, not Congress, determines which entities get congressional representation, and the Constitution is clear that only states are represented. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 6:09 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Monday granted [order; PDF] a motion [text, PDF] by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [official website] to dismiss a challenge to the new net neutrality rules. [read post]
20 Aug 2008, 9:18 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Tuesday vacated [decision, PDF] a 2006 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [official website] rule [Federal Register notice] prohibiting state and local governments from monitoring air pollution below acceptable levels set by the EPA for "stationary" sources such as power plants and factories. [read post]
29 Mar 2008, 12:52 pm
[JURIST] Former USA Today reporter Toni Locy [profile] on Friday asked the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to reverse a federal judge's decision to impose sanctions against her for refusing to disclose government sources [RCFP backgrounder] who provided information about former US Army germ-warfare researcher Dr. [read post]
22 Jun 2017, 1:58 pm
The US Supreme Court [official website] on Thursday upheld the convictions [opinion, PDF] of several men who robbed, raped, kidnapped Catherine Fuller in the District of Columbia in 1984. [read post]
2 May 2017, 12:23 pm
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] said on Monday that it will not reconsider its ruling to uphold the government's "net neutrality" rules [fact sheet, PDF] that require internet providers to treat all online traffic equally. [read post]
13 Aug 2019, 12:50 pm
SACRAMENTO, California — A coalition of 21 Democratic-led states, the District of Columbia and six local governments has sued the Trump administration over its decision to ease restrictions on coal-fired power plants. [read post]
10 May 2005, 6:43 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday unanimously rejected [opinion, PDF text] a lawsuit brought against Vice-President Dick Cheney for refusing to disclose internal communications of the National Energy Policy Development Group [policy report], Cheney's energy task force [NRDC FOIA documents] composed of government employees. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 3:09 pm
Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia [official website] denied the state's request to block the program [Politico report], which allocates greenhouse gas emission permits under the Clean Air Act [materials]. [read post]
15 Jul 2011, 12:07 pm
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently joined the Second, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and District of Columbia Circuits in adopting the implied false certification theory of liability under the False Claims Act (FCA). [read post]
