Laurence Hirsch Silberman

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit circuit Retired 2022 · served 1985–2022 Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican) 28 signed orders read

Judge Silberman no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Parker v. District of Columbia
478 F.3d 370 · 2007-03-09
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“We reverse.”

Seven-Sky v. Holder
661 F.3d 1 · 2011-11-08
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Despite questions raised as to our subject matter jurisdiction, we conclude we have jurisdiction, and we affirm the district court's conclusion that the Act is constitutional.”

St. Helena Clear Lake Hospital v. Becerra
30 F.4th 301 · 2022-04-08
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“For the reasons we set forth above, we affirm the district court.”

Kimberly Springsteen-Abbott v. SEC
989 F.3d 4 · 2021-02-26
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“The petition is dismissed in part and denied in part.”

Board of County Commissioners of Washington County v. Department of Transportation
955 F.3d 96 · 2020-04-07
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, we deny the petition for review.”

United States v. Floyd Clark
977 F.3d 1283 · 2020-10-16
Appeal (appellant) Moot / procedural

“But we think neither Party's arguments are persuasive, so we dismiss the appeal for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.”

Aircraft Service International, Inc. v. FERC
985 F.3d 1013 · 2021-01-22
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“We easily reject the petition.”

Phoenix Herpetological Society, Inc. v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
998 F.3d 999 · 2021-06-04
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“But the record backs the agency's findings, and its conclusions follow logically. We affirm.”

Hemp Industries Association v. Drug Enforcement Administration
36 F.4th 269 · 2022-06-10
Petition for review (petitioner) Moot / procedural

“Accordingly, we dismiss the petition.”

LePage's 2000, Inc. v. Postal Regulatory Commission
642 F.3d 225 · 2011-06-07
Petition for review (petitioner) Granted

“We therefore grant the parties' petitions for review, vacate the Commission's order, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

The City of Miami, Oklahoma v. FERC
22 F.4th 1039 · 2022-01-18
Petition for review (petitioner) Granted

“We grant the City's petitions and remand for further proceedings to the agency.”

Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics v. Drug Enforcement Administration
930 F.2d 936 · 1991-04-26
Petition for review (petitioner) Granted

“We think that the Administrator's interpretation of the statute was in the main acceptable, but he appears to have relied on several factors that are unreasonable because logically impossible to satisfy; therefore, we remand.”

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A historical record

Judge Silberman no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.