District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals News

Court Upholds Public Access to Crash Data - Decision Says - Early Warning Data' Submitted by Auto and Tire Manufacturers Is Subject to Freedom of Information Act Information that automobile and tire ...

By Michelle Singletary Thursday, July 24, 2008; Page D02 A recent decision by a federal appellate court goes a long way to protect investors.

The public has a right to see government information about vehicle crashes that result in death, injury or property damage.

A South Carolina breast-cancer survivor has beaten the State Department and convinced judges in Washington that the inability to have sex is a disability protected under federal anti-discrimination laws.

A tough opinion from a federal appeals court is good news for an Annapolis-based telecommunications company, the firm's lawyer says.

Fri, Jul 18, 2008 Vice President Dick Cheney doesn't want the public to know much about what he really does.

Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously struck down the Clean Air Interstate Rule, which was supposed to curb the air pollution that damages northeastern forests ...

The U.S. government is telling a federal appeals court that it has the authority to detain Canadian Omar Khadr, captured in Afghanistan when he was 15.

A rare North Atlantic right whale dives in Cape Cod Bay near Provincetown, Mass.

The U.S. government is telling a federal appeals court that it has the authority to detain Canadian Omar Khadr, captured in Afghanistan when he was 15.

The first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay can begin Monday, a federal judge has ruled, saying civilian courts should let the military process play out as Congress intended.U.S. District Judge James Robertson ...

EPA needs to completely rewrite a Clean Air Act regulation designed to reduce power plant pollution linked to smog and acid rain, a federal court ruled on July 11.

A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a 60-page ruling on July 11 vacated the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Air Interstate Rule, which has already ...

Here are Findlaw's environmental case summaries: - City of Bangor v. Citizens CommunicationsCo.

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ordered that the Federal Communications Commission reimburse ARRL for the docketing fee and the cost of reproducing copies of briefs ...

A US appeals court on Friday threw out an Environmental Protection Agency rule that would have required 28 states and the District of Columbia to limit downwind emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.

By all accounts, John G. Roberts Jr. is a likable guy. His list of friends and supporters, brandished by President Bush on Tuesday as he announced Roberts as his nominee for the Supreme Court, stands at 156 and ...

Washington Post Staff Writers Saturday, July 12, 2008; Page A05 A federal appeals court dealt a blow yesterday to White House efforts to keep secret the names of people who visited Vice President Cheney .

Rambus has sued Nvidia in federal court, claiming that the chips in six Nvidia product lines infringe on Rambus patents.

A federal appeals court unanimously struck down a signature component of President Bush's clean air policies Friday, dealing a blow to environmental groups and likely delaying further action until the next ...