Edward's collection

Author: Li?
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: Mr. Edwards is the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and a Visiting Professor at the New York University School of Law. The judicial opinions selected in this book were written during his tenure on the Court of Appeals. Each case involves reviewing decisions made by federal district courts (federal trial courts) or administrative agencies established by Congress to enforce laws regulating specific entities or businesses. The published cases are formatted with a case caption, indicating the names of the parties involved, the name of the court rendering the decision, the date of the hearing, and the date of the decision. Following the caption, a list of counsel is provided in the order of the parties they represented in the case. At the end of each opinion, the names of the three judges who heard the case on appeal and the judge who drafted the legal opinion are listed. These cases are only a small sample of the various types of cases heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, offering only a glimpse into the activities of judges in rendering decisions and drafting legal opinions. Each case is preceded by a brief or summary of the facts and issues submitted to the court, which highly condenses the information presented and the disputes involved. These summaries will be helpful to readers in understanding the court's opinions. Although viewing the whole through a small part may be somewhat one-sided, the writing style of the author will inevitably carry a certain personal touch, yet these legal opinions present an ordinary panorama of the work of federal appellate judges in the United States.