LATEST SUMMARIES
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, PER CURIAM, PUBLIC
UTILITIES
Conn.
Dep't of Pub. Util. Control v. FERC, No.
05-1411
Petition for review challenging respondent's
rejection of petitioner's challenge to its statutory jurisdiction,
ruling that the ISO tariff and the Participants Agreement granted
respondent authority to accept the installed capacity requirement,
is granted over claim that Federal Power Act section 201 permits
respondent to regulate generation resource adequacy because of its
effect on interstate electricity transmission. Read
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CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE,
SENTENCING
US
v. Bras, No. 05-3190
Conviction and sentence based
on guilty plea to conspiracy to commit bribery and highway project
fraud are affirmed over defendant's claims of: 1) Booker violations;
2) Sixth Amendment violations due to increase of sentence based upon
testimonial evidence not subject to cross-examination; 3) use of
unreliable evidence to calculate loss that his crime caused the
government, which led to erroneous calculation of his advisory
Sentencing Guidelines range; and 4) unreasonable sentence. Read
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