A unanimous panel held that economist J. Gregory Sidak's suit against the International Trade Commission was neither too early nor too late, upholding a permanent injunction against an investigation built on an order from an ALJ whose appointment was never ratified.
Court rules ITC's investigation into Gregory Sidak for violating a protective order was based on an unconstitutionally appointed ALJ's action.
The appeals court said a trial judge appeared to apply the wrong Rule 403 framework when excluding prior-conviction evidence in a child-exploitation prosecution.
A D.C. Circuit panel said EPA reasonably explained why steel mills needed more time to meet hazardous-emissions standards and dismissed procedural challenges to an interim rule that was later replaced by a final rule.
A divided D.C. Circuit stayed an order blocking the Pentagon's escort requirement for credentialed reporters, finding the government likely to prevail for now against a First Amendment retaliation challenge by The New York Times and reporter Julian Barnes.
A D.C. Circuit panel refused to pause an order requiring President Donald Trump's name to be removed from Kennedy Center signage, website references and related trademark applications, finding no showing of irreparable harm.
The D.C. Circuit affirmed convictions and prison terms for two men tied to a scheme that used cash bribes to slash D.C. business tax bills, finding any flaw in the bribery instructions harmless.
The D.C. Circuit partly reversed a $13 million pension-liability judgment, finding one delinquent-contribution theory was not properly pleaded and sending disputed personal-liability issues back for further proceedings.