United States Federal Circuit - June 2002 Opinion Summaries

NTN BEARING CORP. OF AM. v. US

Commercial Law, International Trade
In its review of a foreign company's possible "dumping" of products, the Department of Commerce's inclusion of sales with abnormally high profits in a...

BLACKLIGHT POWER, INC. v. ROGAN

Intellectual Property, Patent
Director of the Patent and Trademark Office had the authority to withdraw summarily a patent application from issue, following Notice of Allowance,...

CATALINA LIGHTING, INC. v. HOME DEPOT USA, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
The holder of patents for a stand-alone electric lamp established wilful infringement, and the patents were neither invalid as obvious nor...

TRANSCOM, INC. v. US

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, International Trade
In its review of an antidumping order, the Commerce Department provided the notice of administrative review required by statute and regulation, and...

UNITED PAC. INS. CO. v. ROCHE

Civil Procedure, Government Contracts
An Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals decision was not final, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. - 1295(a)(10), based on the uncertainty surrounding the...

LINDSAY v. US

Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Dismissal of a challenge, to the U.S. Air Force's (USAF) evaluation of an officer and his non-selection for promotion, was improper where the...

COMTROL, INC. v. US

Contracts, Government Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a contractor's claim for equitable adjustment of a contract with the FAA, for construction work at an airport, soils encountered did not amount to...

GRAVES v. PRINCIPI

Government Benefits, Military Law
When appellant voluntarily dismissed an appeal under Rule 42 of the Veterans Court, his later appeal for reconsideration of a Board of Veterans'...

BREHMER v. FED. AVIATION ADMIN.

Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
The FAA properly removed an air traffic controller, for failure to maintain the minimum spatial separation between aircraft that she was tracking,...

VARDON GOLF CO., INC. v. KARSTEN MFG. CORP.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
A grant of partial summary judgment of non-infringement in a prior patent case was not final for purposes of collateral estoppel, thus the court erred...