Case law

Westcott v. McHugh

39 F. Supp. 3d 21 · District Court, District of Columbia · Apr 16, 2014

Supp. at 242 (noting that “[t]he Privacy Act Guidelines clearly forbid collateral attack in the case of final judicial or quasi- judicial actions and the same considerations would seem to apply to agency personnel actions … Circuit has noted that information originally qualifying for subsection (k) protection retains that protection even if it is subsequently recompiled into a non-law enforcement record” and so “Inspector General investigations

Cape Cod Hospital v. Sebelius

677 F. Supp. 2d 18 · District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 22, 2009

The Secretary established principles for determining which rural hospitals qualified under the provision. Hospitals that were excluded challenged the Secretary’s methodology. … Therefore, the statute “clearly contemplates looking to the year in which the new relative weights and wage index will be effective, rather than to the prior year, when establishing budget neutrality.”

United Spinal Association, Inc. v. Saul

District Court, District of Columbia · Jul 11, 2024

By making the representative form available electronically, Defendant has clearly modified its “behavior significantly since the suit was brought.” See Hess, 745 F.2d at 701. … who is a member in good standing of the bar . . . may represent a person Page 26 of 34 before an agency on filing with the agency a written declaration that he is currently qualified

New Lifecare Hospitals of Chester County LLC v. Azar, II

District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 30, 2019

MEMORANDUM OPINION This case concerns the Medicare system, a federal program that helps to cover the cost of providing medical care to qualified individuals. … As in IPPS, the Secretary established a flat national rate for LTCH PPS, now known as the “standard Federal rate.” Id. § 412.523(c)(1).

In Re Grand Jury Subpoenas

District Court, District of Columbia · Mar 13, 2026

The Board clearly does: after all, the subpoenas seek its documents. … The answer is clearly no. Those details have already been authoritatively disclosed.

Satoriagricultural Consultancy & Projects Management L.L.C. S.P.C v. T&R Productions LLC

District Court, District of Columbia · Jan 8, 2026

-based company, and TV-Novosti, a Russian state-owned nonprofit company incorporated in and with its principal place of business in Russia and thus does not qualify as a citizen of the United States. … Application of the public policy exception is thus appropriate only when an arbitral award “‘tends clearly’ to undermine the public interest, the public confidence in the administration of the law, or security for individual

McGrath v. Rice

District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 11, 2009

To establish a prima facie case in the retaliation context, the plaintiff must establish that “(1) [he engaged in] protected activity; (2) the employer’s action ha[d] an adverse impact on [him]; and (3) a causal relationship … Concerning the other elements of the plaintiff’s prima facie case, his negative evaluation reports and his subsequent involuntary curtailment clearly qualify as adverse actions, see note 12, supra, and the plaintiff alleges

United States of America v. California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.

824 F. Supp. 2d 31 · District Court, District of Columbia · Nov 14, 2011

LSC is authorized to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to qualified individuals and organizations for the purpose of providing legal assistance to the poor. Id. § 2996e(a)(1)(A). … They further contend that the burden should be on CRLA to clearly identify this information as confidential prior to disclosure.

Mason Contractors Ass'n of America v. International Council of Employers of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen

853 F. Supp. 515 · District Court, District of Columbia · May 26, 1994

302(e) ] to enforce a trust fund's compliance with the statutory standards set forth in subsection (c)(5) in eliminating those offensive features in the structure or operation of the trust that would cause it to fail to qualify … Clearly, state common-law has been expressly preempted and therefore cannot be invoked by plaintiffs. See 29 U.S.C. 1144; see also Pilot Life Ins. Co. v.

Salleh v. Christopher

876 F. Supp. 297 · District Court, District of Columbia · Feb 13, 1995

Since she was “assigned to a salary class in the Foreign Service Schedule”, was “serving under a career appointment”, and did not “waive ... in writing the right to a hearing”, she was clearly entitled to such hearing before … 1980, when it transferred the responsibility under Section 610(a) for separation for cause hearings from the pre-existing Board of the Foreign Service to the Foreign Service Grievance Board, that the latter was “the best qualified

United States v. Glaxo Group Limited

302 F. Supp. 1 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jun 4, 1969

or by deposition, of the facts which the adverse party’s lawyer has learned, or the persons from whom he has learned such facts, or the existence or nonexistence of documents, though the documents themselves may have a qualified … immunity from discovery. 101 The cases upon which the Government relies either restate the familiar rule or apply it to communications to an attorney. 102 Unquestionably a communication to an attorney in connection with

United States v. Biaou

District Court, District of Columbia · Jan 28, 2026

Moreover, the rule articulated by All Assets “would effectively immunize offshore fraudsters from . . . wire fraud.” Id.; see also United States v. Jin, No. 23-cr-91 (CKK), 2025 WL 2409749, at *12 (D.D.C. … And the wire signals were clearly a core component of the fraud.

Gutman v. U.S. Department of Justice

238 F. Supp. 2d 284 · District Court, District of Columbia · Jan 7, 2003

Moreover, under settled law of this circuit, the subsequent disclosure of documents initially withheld does not qualify as evidence of “bad faith.” Public Citizen v. … To invoke the deliberate-process privilege, the defendant must establish two prerequisites. Id.

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America v. Operative Plasters' & Cement Masons' International Association of the United States & Canada, Afl-Cio

District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 1, 2011

whichever is later, or (3) such agreement requires the employer to notify such labor organization of opportunities for employment with such employer, or gives such labor organization an opportunity to refer qualified … In other words, the certification of the Southwest 9 As explained above, the LAUSD Agreement clearly provides that a contractor shall become bound by the Agreement with the issuance of a letter of assent.

United States v. Zabavsky

District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 6, 2023

MPD sergeant who was also qualified as an expert on police procedures and MPD policies; and Michael Miller, a retired MPD detective who was qualified as an expert in police procedures involving crash investigations. … Communication to a Law Enforcement Officer of the United States The government clearly established that it was reasonably likely that information about the circumstances of Mr. Sutton’s and Mr.

Bloche v. Department of Defense

District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 18, 2017

Defendant's description clearly satisfies the requirement that this document includes predecisional and deliberative information. … -17- qualify for deliberative process protection. See Dkt. No. 46 at 13.

Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

762 F. Supp. 2d 123 · District Court, District of Columbia · Feb 3, 2011

The Board has clearly met this *133 burden, and is not required, as plaintiff suggests, to provide an additional list of each place it did not search. … Plaintiff asserts, without explanation, that only a portion of this document (a two-page staff comment) can validly qualify under Exemption 5.

Abu Ali v. Ashcroft

350 F. Supp. 2d 28 · District Court, District of Columbia · Dec 16, 2004

See Rasul, 124 S.Ct. at 2692 (“The judges of England developed the writ of habeas corpus largely to preserve these immunities from executive restraint.”) … The cursory analysis in Hirota and Keefe simply cannot sustain the broad immunity the United States seeks here from habeas actions filed by citizens.

Fitzgibbon v. U.S. Secret Service

747 F. Supp. 51 · District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 14, 1990

The Schwaner decision teaches that in order to qualify for this exemption, the document must not only be internal, but also relate to an agency rule or practice. Id. at 794-98 . … Thus, the balance between public interest and privacy clearly tilts in favor of the latter. See also, National Association of Retired Federal Employees v. Horner, 879 F.2d 873, 879 (D.C.Cir.1989). F.

OAO Alfa Bank v. Center for Public Integrity

387 F. Supp. 2d 20 · District Court, District of Columbia · Sep 27, 2005

At that time, a large channel of heroin transit was established.” Id. • “Once a funny incident took place in a Siberian region. … The controversy in this case certainly qualifies, and does not differ meaningfully from the controversies found adequate in other cases.