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The Second Circuit reversed a district court dismissal, holding that a foreign defendant transacted business in New York by accepting online orders from New York residents, even without physical shipment. The court clarified that New York's long-arm statute requires a transaction, not a completed delivery, to establish personal jurisdiction over interactive websites.
The D.C. Circuit held that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires school districts to provide door-to-door assistance for a wheelchair-bound student to access school. The court reversed summary judgment, ruling that transporting a child from their apartment door to a school bus constitutes a mandatory transportation service under federal law.
The Fifth Circuit remanded the case to the district court to determine whether the Secretary of Commerce ratified the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's actions. The court held that the lower court must first address the ratification theory before ruling on the Appointments Clause challenges.
The D.C. Circuit denied Entergy's petitions for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of revised capacity market rules for the Midcontinent Independent System Operator. The court held that FERC provided a reasoned explanation for its decisions, satisfying the arbitrary and capricious standard of review.
The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal of an indictment charging defendants with violating the Anti-Riot Act, holding that they failed to satisfy the rigorous two-prong selective prosecution standard. The panel found no similarly situated individuals were unpunished because the lower court improperly compared collective far-left groups to specific defendants and determined that timing and other government actions did not prove impermissible motive.
The D.C. Circuit vacated and remanded the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's authorization of a Louisiana LNG facility for failing to adequately explain its decision not to assess greenhouse gas significance and for inadequately analyzing cumulative nitrogen dioxide effects. However, the court denied the petitioners' request to vacate the order entirely, allowing the project to proceed while FERC corrects the identified environmental deficiencies.
The D.C. Circuit held that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must apply the Mobile-Sierra presumption before ordering refunds for electricity sales exceeding a soft price cap. The court vacated the Commission's refund orders and dismissed challenges from consumer groups as moot.
The Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review, holding that a Nevada conviction for attempted lewdness with a child under 14 constitutes an aggravated felony of attempted sexual abuse of a minor. The court reaffirmed that its precedent defining the generic elements of this crime remains consistent with the Supreme Court's narrow ruling in Esquivel-Quintana.
The Ninth Circuit held that an asylum seeker's Jehovah's Witness faith was one central reason for his persecution by Salvadoran gangs, even though the gangs also sought to extort money from him. The court clarified that a protected ground need not be the sole motive to qualify for asylum if it would independently cause the harm.
The D.C. Circuit affirmed the SEC's denial of a whistleblower award to an attorney who reported his own client, holding that the disclosure was not reasonably necessary to serve the client's interests. The court reasoned that because the attorney suspected wrongdoing and intended for the tip to trigger an investigation against his client, the disclosure failed the regulatory requirement that such reports be permitted by applicable state bar rules.
