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13 Aug 2019, 12:50 pm by Associated Press
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]
14 Jun 2011, 6:52 am by Zach Zagger
The CCR filed the appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on behalf of the two men's families to renew the civil lawsuit against the US and 24 government officials,... [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]
11 Jun 2011, 9:15 am by LaToya Sawyer
[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]
25 Dec 2011, 10:24 am by Max Slater
[JURIST] A group of Attorneys General representing 24 US states and territories filed an amicus brief with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Friday arguing that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [official website] can require cigarette packages to display graphic images of the dangers of smoking. [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]
10 Dec 2020, 4:59 pm by Commentary:
Fifteen states plus the District of Columbia have made recreational use legal. [read post]
22 Feb 2012, 6:42 am by Jerry Votava
[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]
24 Jul 2009, 3:38 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Friday that the US Department of the Interior (DOI) [official website] must provide an accounting in a 13-year class action lawsuit [plaintiffs' website; JURIST news archive] concerning the US government's alleged mismanagement of trust funds [DOI materials] for a group of some 500,000 [read post]
5 Nov 2014, 6:46 am by William Helbling
[JURIST] A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case challenging the National Security Agency's (NSA) phone data surveillance program. [read post]
23 Jul 2011, 10:26 am by Ashley Hileman
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Friday ruled [opinion, PDF] that two former Guantanamo detainees cannot continue to litigate their habeas corpus petitions and refused to order the Government to rescind their designations as "enemy combatants. [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]
22 Sep 2017, 3:12 pm by Daily Record Staff
The Children’s Guild, headquartered in Baltimore, named Chris Zimmerman board chair of its District of Columbia Public Charter School and Imani Samuels to the board. [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]
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]
14 Aug 2012, 6:57 am by Michael Haggerson
[JURIST] Seven Guatemalans who alleged that they had been the subject of non-consensual human medical experimentation by the US Public Health Service (PHS) [official websites] in the 1940s appealed the dismissal [JURIST report] of their lawsuit to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Monday. [read post]
22 Jun 2017, 1:58 pm by Autumn Callan
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]
20 Jul 2010, 8:25 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia [official website] Monday ordered [opinion, PDF] the US State Department (DOS) [official website] to reconsider the designation of the People's Mujahideen Organization of Iran (PMOI) [political website] as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) [text]. [read post]