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RFE/RL, Inc. v. Kari Lake

No. 25-5158 Circuit · Decided Decided
Court
D.C. Cir.
cadc
Decided
Jul 1, 2025
Filed
May 1, 2025
Filed (CL)
May 1, 2025
CL Status
terminated

Case Overview

The government appealed Judge Lamberth's temporary restraining order which requires the disbursement of congressional appropriated funds to cover RFE/RL's April expenditures.

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The Application

History

The district court found the TRO warranted based on RFE/RL's likelihood of success on its appropriations claim and irreparable harm from nonpayment of lawful obligations, requiring disbursement of April expenditures despite the freeze.

The Conclusion

The CADC reviewed whether the TRO was proper, resolving the conflict between the executive's asserted authority to freeze funds and Congress's power of the purse over RFE/RL's statutory appropriations.

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Docket

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Outcome History (4)

  1. May 1, 2025 Circuit
    Stay granted Neutral

    Administrative stay granted pending further order.

  2. May 7, 2025 Circuit
    Stay granted Neutral

    Stay pending appeal granted.

  3. Jul 1, 2025 Circuit
    Voluntarily dismissed Settled Final

    Case voluntarily dismissed by parties.

  4. Jul 1, 2025 Circuit
    Other Neutral

    Motion for en banc reconsideration and vacatur denied.

Federal Court TMR-27566828 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Fund Freeze <br> Appeal of 1:25-cv-00799 May 18, 2026
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