SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request from a Kentucky utility company to temporarily block an Environmental Protection Agency rule governing the disposal of coal ash while a challenge to it moves forward in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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JURIST

AUGUST 28, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Friday upheld the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule prohibiting smoking in HUD-subsidized public housing units. The post US appeals court upholds ban on smoking in federally subsidized housing appeared first on JURIST - News.

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EvidenceProf Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

206 (2017), the Supreme Court held that introducing evidence that encourages jurors to "deploy a dangerous racial stereotype to conclude [a defendant is] guilty" runs contrary to the need to "ensure that our legal. In Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado, 580 U.S.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Nichols of the US District Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed claims against prominent technology companies Apple, Google, Tesla, Dell and Microsoft related to child labor. Judge Carl J. The lawsuit concerned the role of these companies in cobalt mining operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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HowAppealing

MAY 10, 2021

“Congressional Democrats’ Court-Picking (Not Packing) Scheme; Their election bill tries to game the judiciary by routing all legal challenges to the District of Columbia”: Alan Gura will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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JURIST

MAY 1, 2023

The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a case challenging the authority of federal agencies to create regulations. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit deferred to the agency , affirming the lower court’s decision to grant summary judgment. Loper Bright Enterprises v.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The US District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday sentenced a North Carolina man to 28 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge regarding a threat he made against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The man, Cleveland Grover Meredith, Jr., pleaded guilty to interstate communication of threats.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 16, 2022

“Starting March 30, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit intends to resume in-person arguments using the Protocols set forth in this document.” Court of Appeals for the D.C. ” The U.S. Circuit issued this document today.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2022

The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced Tuesday that Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio was arrested in Miami after being named Monday in an indictment in the related to the January 6, 2021 insurrection. The Superior Court of the District of Columbia ordered him to leave the city.

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JURIST

AUGUST 5, 2024

The District of Columbia’s Court of Appeals rejected a First Amendment challenge to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which penalizes unauthorized access to copyrighted material and limits the scope of “fair use” exceptions.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The US Supreme Court denied a request on Friday to place a hold on a lower court’s decision to uphold two EPA rules while the decisions are under appeal, meaning that the EPA rules must be followed until the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit makes a ruling.

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EvidenceProf Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Federal Rule of Evidence 702 (like many state counterparts), provides that A witness who is qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify in the form of an opinion or otherwise if: (a) the expert’s.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Karl Racine, expanded his antitrust lawsuit against Amazon on Monday. Racine filed suit in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in May, claiming that Amazon violated the District of Columbia Antitrust Act.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The US District Court for the District of Columbia Monday blocked Penguin Random House’s proposed $2.2 ” The district court’s opinion is temporarily under seal since it contains confidential information. Judge Florence Y. publishing rights to anticipated top-selling books.”.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 20, 2021

“The injuries Erwin-Simpson alleged did not arise from any activity by AirAsia in the District of Columbia, and the only presence that the airline identifies here is its website.” Court of Appeals for the D.C. ” A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S.

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JURIST

JANUARY 18, 2023

The US District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday granted partial default judgment against the Islamic Republic of Iran for failing to appear and defend itself against claims of aiding and abetting terrorists. The plaintiffs may now petition the court to assess the damages they are owed.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld Tuesday a rule requiring greater transparency in the prices hospitals negotiate with insurers and third-party payers. . The district court granted summary judgment to the secretary. On appeal, the circuit court affirmed.

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JURIST

JUNE 21, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday upheld the dismissal of Alexander Khochinsky’s suit against Poland for seeking his extradition over his possession of a painting allegedly taken from Poland by Nazi troops.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may not cut Medicare drug reimbursement for a specific group of hospitals without a survey of hospitals’ pharmaceutical acquisition costs. Justice Brett Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the court, reversing the DC circuit.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Judge Royce Lamberth from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia held on Wednesday Wanda Patten, warden of the District of Columbia Jail, and Quincy Booth, director of the DC Department of Corrections, in civil contempt of court for failing to produce medical documents for Christopher Worrell, a member of far-right Proud Boys.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 16, 2021

After filing a civil suit against the truck driver and others, her parents recovered $800,000 in a court-approved settlement. After filing a civil suit against the truck driver and others, her parents recovered $800,000 in a court-approved settlement. A three-judge district court rejected the residents’ arguments.

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JURIST

AUGUST 12, 2024

The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday sentenced California resident David Nicholas Dempsey to 20 years imprisonment for attacking police in the course of rioting at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. ” The post US court sentences Jan. 6-related federal crimes.

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JURIST

MAY 10, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Tuesday that former Guant ánamo Bay detainee Omar Ahmed Khadr waived his right to appeal his war crime convictions under the Military Commissions Act. Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson authored the opinion of the court.

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JURIST

AUGUST 9, 2023

In a 5 t-4 vote, the US Supreme Court granted a request on Tuesday to temporarily stay a ruling by the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas that vacated a rule regarding “ghost guns” from the Bureau of Alchohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

ERC argued in its complaint that Meta’s discriminatory marketing practices were unlawful because they violated both the District of Columbia Human Rights Act (DCHRA) and the DC Consumer Protection Procedures Act (CPPA).

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JURIST

JULY 16, 2023

Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) LLC asked Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday to vacate a stay imposed by the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit halting the construction of one of the last portions of a 303-mile natural gas pipeline running from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The Gambia brought a genocide claim against Facebook before the International Court of Justice alleging that Facebook played a key role in Myanmar’s genocide attempt on the Rohingya, an ethnic and religious minority. In court, The Gambia sought access to the deleted Facebook content.

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JURIST

MARCH 6, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed a child labor case Tuesday against technology companies and refused to hold them accountable for their alleged support of the use of children in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, the US Supreme Court ruled that the heirs of Jewish art dealers cannot bring a lawsuit in US courts against Germany over the alleged forced sale of art and artifacts under the Nazi regime. The Supreme Court on Wednesday also issued a one-sentence opinion in Republic of Hungary v.

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EvidenceProf Blog

MARCH 25, 2025

At least that's the finding by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in its recent opinion. Androids may dream of electric sheep, but a computer system apparently can't register copyright in work it generated.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

So much of the coverage on Pauline Newman’s ordeal with her court focuses on distractions from the heart of the matter: her age, her constant efforts to simply do her job, what have you. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Monday. Appellate Court Chief Judge Kimberly A. Kimberly A.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday rejected a Department of Defense (DOD) lawyer’s petition to view a hearing for convicted terrorist Ibrahim al Qosi Tuesday. The military court system’s appellate procedure is more strict than that of ordinary federal courts.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2021

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday blocked implementation of most of a rule that would have dramatically increased the fees for immigration proceedings in which individuals face deportation.

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LawSites

MARCH 10, 2025

At a time when some courts are still questioning or even banning the use of generative artificial intelligence, a recent decision from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals is notable for the fact that both the majority and dissenting opinions openly discussed their use of ChatGPT in their deliberations.

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JURIST

APRIL 10, 2022

Under the agreement, Donohoe “shall testify fully, completely and truthfully before any and all grand juries in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and at any and all trials of cases or other court proceedings in the District of Columbia and elsewhere” that the prosecutor deems relevant.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 24, 2025

Share At oral arguments earlier this week the Supreme Court was skeptical of the Food and Drug Administrations effort to block a North Carolina-based company from challenging the denial of its application to market e-cigarettes in the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in Louisiana.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2023

A US District Court for the District of Columbia jury Monday found four members of the far-right militia group the Oath Keepers guilty of seditious conspiracy and other charges related to the January 6 breach of the US Capitol. US District Court Judge Amit Mehta is set to schedule sentencing hearings at a later date.

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