Case law

3nod Digital (Hong Kong) Limited v. United States Department of State

District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 18, 2026

(“Petitioners must establish that delisting is appropriate, consistent with OFAC’s regulations.”). … And to 7 the extent that an SDN designation needs to be made by a duly appointed officer of the United States, the Secretary of State would certainly qualify.

MorphoSys AG v. Cambridge Antibody Technology Ltd.

158 F. Supp. 2d 84 · District Court, District of Columbia · Aug 17, 2001

The '793 patent clearly references ELISA testing and suggests to one of ordinary skill that such testing would be the way to determine the specificity of antibodies. … Dillon is prior art only if MorphoSys establishes that CAT is not entitled to the December 2, 1991 effective filing date. 5 .

Rudder v. District of Columbia

890 F. Supp. 23 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jun 26, 1995

By Memorandum Opinion and Order entered September 6, 1994, the Court' dismissed the Plaintiffs' claims against individual Defendants McCaffrey and Fleming on qualified immunity grounds. … Green, 411 U.S. 792 , 93 S.Ct. 1817 , 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973), to establish a prima facie case, a plaintiff must prove “(1) that he belongs to a protected minority; (ii) that he applied for and was qualified for a job for which

Cabrera v. Islamic Republic of Iran

District Court, District of Columbia · May 16, 2025

The Syndicate operated in Afghanistan from 2006 to 2019 with a goal of “re-establishing the Islamic Emirate by driving the United States and its allies out of Afghanistan through the killing and wounding of American troops … And technically, the term summary execution (and extrajudicial killing) has its roots in international legal efforts to combat killings where a perpetrator summarily killed individuals in the manner clearly intended.

Blackman v. District of Columbia

145 F. Supp. 2d 47 · District Court, District of Columbia · May 10, 2001

As for the District’s argument that plaintiff has not proven a custom or practice of denying plaintiff his rights under the IDEA, the Court held in Blackman I that the class action plaintiffs had clearly established a custom … If this amount is not paid within 30 calendar days, it will bear interest at the rate established by 28 U.S.C. § 1961 from the 31st calendar day following entry of this Order.

Property of the People, Inc. v. Department of Justice

District Court, District of Columbia · Apr 29, 2021

As before, Plaintiffs do not dispute that Title III qualifies as a statute under Exemption 3. See Pl. MSJ & Opp. at 18; Pl. Reply at 19. … Exemptions 6 and 7(C) Exemption 6 protects “personnel and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.” 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(6).

Ficken v. Clinton

771 F. Supp. 2d 79 · District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 24, 2011

More specifically, the plaintiff claims that the Oral Assessment portion of the Foreign Service Exam (“the Oral Assessment”), which the defendant uses to identify qualified candidates to serve as Foreign Service Officers, … A “genuine dispute” is one whose resolution could establish an element of a claim or defense and, therefore, affect the outcome of the action.

Bangura v. Shulkin

334 F. Supp. 3d 443 · District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 26, 2018

If, however, she was not constructively discharged at that time, the VA clearly had grounds to terminate her employment after she was absent from work for a year. … This shifts the burden back to the Plaintiff to establish pretext.

United States v. Morales

District Court, District of Columbia · Oct 7, 2021

“As the moving party, the defendant bears the burden of establishing that he is eligible for a sentence reduction under § 3582(c)(1)(A).” United States v. Long, Crim. A. … Morales has thus clearly satisfied the statute’s 30-day waiting period. Mr. Morales’s motion also poses another threshold question, this time regarding § 3582(c)’s “issue exhaustion” requirement.

Wright v. Metropolitan Life Assurance Company

District Court, District of Columbia · May 26, 2009

Specifically, the Plan details a process by which a participant seeking long-term disability benefits must submit evidence of a qualified disability to MetLife in order to establish entitlement to monthly benefits. … McCarthy) ("I must ask the following: Do you really want me to believe that your company that issued the policy under which you have administered the above-referenced claim cannot provide a copy of the policy although it is clearly

Hainey v. United States Department of the Interior

925 F. Supp. 2d 34 · District Court, District of Columbia · Feb 25, 2013

Lohr clearly and unequivocally sets forth his competency and personal knowledge in the text of his affidavit—he expressly states that he has “personal knowledge of this case because [he] was assigned to it on or about October … Lohr submitted a revised declaration with the Department’s reply brief, removing the above-described “qualifying” language from the affidavit. (Dkt.

In re Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation

630 F. Supp. 2d 1 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jun 1, 2009

The right of access is qualified, however. … According to these Circuits, “[t]he public’s right of access to civil trials and records is as well established as that of criminal proceedings and records.” Publicker, 733 F.2d at 1066 .

Watson v. Perdue

District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 17, 2019

So the Agency applied non-cash credits to the ERA in the amount equal to the Pigford-qualifying Operating Loans that it had written off. … They point to no caselaw or authority requiring the Agency to forgive the portion of the recapture amount attributable to non-Pigford-qualifying loans.

PCH Mut. Ins. Co., Inc. v. CASUALTY & SUR., INC.

569 F. Supp. 2d 67 · District Court, District of Columbia · Aug 5, 2008

to do so, and CSI did not even qualify to do business in California” until after it filed its Motion to Compel Arbitration. … A non-moving party, however, must establish more than the “mere existence of a scintilla of evidence” in favor of its position. Id. at 252 , 106 S.Ct. 2505 .

333 8th Street Ne, LLC v. Turnkey Title, LLC

District Court, District of Columbia · Aug 28, 2023

Cir. 2010) (“[E]conomic loss clearly constitutes a distinct and palpable injury.”) (citation omitted); Potter v. … To recover punitive damages for 8th Street’s other claims, it “must establish that the tortious act was 15 committed with an evil motive, actual malice, deliberate violence

FARM-TO-CONSUMER LEGAL DEFENSE FUND v. Vilsack

636 F. Supp. 2d 116 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jul 23, 2009

Zones were established in Michigan by the 2002 MOU based on the risk level for bovine TB. The 2002 MOU “did not establish the use of electronic ear tags as a condition of maintaining zone status.” … While that voluntariness may be influenced by such desires as qualifying for split-state status, that goal does not rob state officials of decision authority.

Williams v. Family Health International

District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 2, 2025

Plaintiff had recommended that San Martin select a more qualified British Indian woman to fill the role, but San Martin did not interview that qualified candidate. Id. ¶ 72. … The allegation is therefore only clearly presented with respect to the EPA and DCHRA claims. 40

Massaquoi v. District of Columbia Government

District Court, District of Columbia · Jan 3, 2018

likely to qualify for such a causal inference.” … Cir. 2007) (“If temporal proximity sufficed to rebut a legitimate proffer, then protected activities would effectively grant employees a period of immunity, during which no act, however egregious, would support summary

Williams v. Johnson

District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 18, 2010

Council, because such statements do not qualify as protected disclosures under the Act. … Council does not qualify as a protected disclosure under the WPA. 2.

Sierra Club v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

District Court, District of Columbia · Feb 26, 2021

Plaintiff establishes a compelling factual record of the agency itself treating the document as final. … Such deliberations are more clearly seen in draft documents, where the process of decisionmaking unfolds over time and is manifested in the changes between versions.