Re:Net neutrality is half-dead: Court strikes down FCC’s ant...
by dragonwriter on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @12:59PM
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> The DC Court handles all of these big, Federal cases that make the top of HN.
No, it doesn't. The Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit handles appeals of federal regulatory agency decisions, but -- while this FCC decision is an example of those -- you don't see a lot of them make the top of HN. Most of the "big, federal" cases that make the top of HN are either:
1) criminal cases, which go to trial in the District Court in which the crime occurred, and for appeal to the Circuit Court in which that District Court is located (which might happen to be the DC Circuit if the trial was originally in the District Court for the District of Columbia, but usually that's not the case); or
2) coyright cases, which again go through any of the District Courts for trial, and the corresponding Circuit Court for appeals; or
3) patent cases, which go to trial in the District Court in which the crime occurred, and for appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal (not DC) Circuit.
While the DC Circuit is very important, its not that commonly involved in cases that make the front page of HN.
No, it doesn't. The Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit handles appeals of federal regulatory agency decisions, but -- while this FCC decision is an example of those -- you don't see a lot of them make the top of HN. Most of the "big, federal" cases that make the top of HN are either:
1) criminal cases, which go to trial in the District Court in which the crime occurred, and for appeal to the Circuit Court in which that District Court is located (which might happen to be the DC Circuit if the trial was originally in the District Court for the District of Columbia, but usually that's not the case); or
2) coyright cases, which again go through any of the District Courts for trial, and the corresponding Circuit Court for appeals; or
3) patent cases, which go to trial in the District Court in which the crime occurred, and for appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal (not DC) Circuit.
While the DC Circuit is very important, its not that commonly involved in cases that make the front page of HN.