10 results for 'judge:"Wilkins"'.
J. Wilkins vacates the district court's order partially denying a woman's motion to seal in her injury case against a university. The district court failed to consider all of the required factors, including whether public interest outweighs her interest in medical privacy. Vacated.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Wilkins, Filed On: January 9, 2024, Case #: 22-7148 , Categories: Civil Procedure, Tort, Privacy
[Amended.] J. Wilkins grants, in part, an energy company's petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's creation of a new energy transmission service in the southeast. The commission failed to sufficiently support the requested tariff revisions, and must also explain how the new service is not a loose power pool.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Wilkins, Filed On: September 19, 2023, Case #: 22-1018 , Categories: Energy
[Consolidated.] J. Wilkins vacates, in part, the Surface Transportation Board's order approving a new rail line in the Uinta Basin in Utah, along with the underlying environmental impact statement and biological opinion. The board fails to show it weighed both the environmental impact of the new railway with its potential economic benefits. Vacated in part.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Wilkins, Filed On: August 18, 2023, Case #: 22-1019 , Categories: Environment, Transportation
J. Wilkins reverses, in part, the district court's summary judgment finding for the FBI on an employee's race discrimination claim. There is a dispute of fact regarding her claim pertaining to the rescission of an offer to transfer her to a different unit following her protected activity. Reversed in part.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Wilkins, Filed On: August 10, 2023, Case #: 21-5097 , Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination
J. Wilkins vacates the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission's decision that a mine inspector's citations to an independent trucking company located near one of its client's mining sites were invalid under the Mine Act. The commission erroneously interpreted the terms "mine" and "operator" under the Act, and the case must be remanded to allow the Secretary of Labor to interpret the Act's ambiguous language. Vacated.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Wilkins, Filed On: August 1, 2023, Case #: 22-1071 , Categories: Administrative Law, Energy
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J. Wilkins grants, in part, an energy company's petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's creation of a new energy transmission service in the southeast. The commission failed to sufficiently support the requested tariff revisions, and must also explain how the new service is not a loose power pool.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Wilkins, Filed On: July 14, 2023, Case #: 22-1018 , Categories: Administrative Law, Energy
J. Wilkins grants energy trade groups and natural gas associations petitions for review challenging the Department of Energy's final rule instituting more stringent energy efficiency standards for commercial boilers. The department failed to sufficiently explain its reasoning, and it should have provided notice and comment.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Wilkins, Filed On: July 7, 2023, Case #: 22-1107 , Categories: Administrative Law, Energy, Environment
J. Wilkins reverses the district court's finding for a broadcast company on a photojournalist's action, in which he claims it willfully filed fraudulent W-2s on his behalf listing the payments he received for his on-the-job injury as taxable disability income, rather than non-taxable workers' compensation. There are questions of fact regarding how to categorize the payments, and whether the company knew the nature of these payments. Reversed.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Wilkins, Filed On: June 30, 2023, Case #: 22-7072 , Categories: Employment, Tax, Workers' Compensation
[Consolidated.] J. Wilkins reverses the district court's finding for a group of casinos that challenged a compact between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the state of Florida that will allow the tribe to offer online sports betting throughout the state. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act authorizes a tribe to conduct gaming on its own lands, but does not prohibit a compact from discussing gaming topics that occur outside tribal lands. Reversed.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Wilkins, Filed On: June 30, 2023, Case #: 21-5265 , Categories: Constitution, Property
J. Wilkins finds the district court improperly dismissed a former department vice president's claims against the nonprofit she worked for regarding its CEO's reference to her as toxic after she was fired in breach of the parties' severance agreement and non-disparagement clause. There is evidence the clause applies to the nonprofit and its officers, she has plausibly alleged the breach of contract was racially driven and that the comments were discriminatory. Reversed.
Court: DC Circuit, Judge: Wilkins, Filed On: May 25, 2023, Case #: 22-7004 , Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination, Contract