The D.C. Circuit didn’t issue any opinions last week, which is not uncommon in the fall. The Court did issue one order of public interest, denying the government a stay pending appeal in Phang v. Blanche, litigation about the government’s (non)compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The lawsuit was brought by a journalist who […]

With one exception—a unanimous criminal decision—the D.C. Circuit’s opinions last week all drew dissents. Perhaps the most high-profile case was Anthropic PBC v. U.S. Dep’t of War, No. 26-1049. As an indicator of broad interest, the listing of amicus briefs is about three pages long. Judge Katsas, joined by Judge Rao, rejected Anthropic’s claims that […]

As recounted already, the August opinion rush is in full swing at the D.C. Circuit. The Court issued 17 opinions the week of August 17 (including one opinion re-issued in a public version). Roughly eleven opinions could be described as related to admin law, but given the sheer volume, I’m excluding some cases on jurisdictional/ancillary […]

(The following post is by our new contributor, Alexis Abboud, who does not yet have login credentials). It was a busy week at the D.C. Circuit last week! The court issued eight administrative-law-related opinions across a range of domains plus a contracts case wearing administrative-law clothing, so it’s a longer post. I’ve tried my best […]

The D.C. Circuit issued four opinions last week, and none squarely fall into the admin law category. There was a criminal case, a case about defamation claims under D.C. law, and a case about multiemployer pension fund liabilities. The fourth case was not about agency action, but it did address standing principles that come up […]

The D.C. Circuit issued four opinions last week; two were in cases related to admin law. (The others were a criminal case and a Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act case). The most interesting admin law case addressed when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) can find a violation based on conduct not expressly included in the […]

The D.C. Circuit issued 8 opinions last week, ranging from the newsworthy to the less so. On the newsworthy side, there were two developments. First, the court terminated the district court’s criminal contempt inquiry related to the government’s transfer of detainees to Salvadoran custody after the district court entered a TRO in a case challenging […]

The D.C. Circuit didn’t issue any opinions last week, so this recap is brief. The Court did issue two orders of interest, however. The first order came in Miot v. Trump, No. 26-5050, the government’s appeal of the district court order staying the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals under 5 U.S.C. […]

The D.C. Circuit issued four opinions last week. On the admin law side, it was another mine run week: significant to the parties, of course, but fairly standard applications of fairly settled admin law doctrines. (Outside of admin law, last week’s opinions had an international flair, with the court issuing opinions on the Foreign Sovereign […]

The D.C. Circuit issued only one opinion last week, in a criminal case. The motions panel has been busy in December, however. As has been fairly common, the D.C. Circuit issued two administrative stays to give itself time to resolve two motions. (For a useful overview of administrative stays, see Rachel Bayefsky, Administrative Stays: Power […]

The D.C. Circuit issued no opinions last week. There was one late October order to note, however—declining a stay pending appeal sought by the FTC. The case is Media Matters for America v. FTC, No. 25-5302, in which Media Matters sued to quash a civil investigative demand issued by the FTC, arguing that it was […]

Last week, the D.C. Circuit’s motions docket stayed busy with another removal case, this time related to the President’s attempt to remove “for cause” Lisa Cook from her position as a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. The district court preliminarily enjoined Cook’s removal after finding that she is likely to succeed on […]

The D.C. Circuit issued seven opinions last week, but most of them were not administrative law cases. They addressed international arbitration (disclosure: I represented amici in support of appellees in that case); constitutional claims related to reincarceration following a mistaken release; fraud claims against federal employees; the False Claims Act; and whistleblower awards for reports […]

The D.C. Circuit issued eight opinions last week, so perhaps the rush to finish up opinions over the summer has begun. Two of the perhaps more newsworthy decisions were not in traditional admin law cases, but I’ll mention them nonetheless. In N.S. v. Dixon, No. 21-5275, the D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court’s holding that […]

Lots of important arguments last week, including in the cases related to the removals of board members from the NLRB and the Merit Systems Protection Board and the CFPB. On the opinion side, the week was less headline-worthy, but still relevant for those interested in the interaction between administrative and judicial remedies. The opinion in […]