United States Federal Circuit - June 2003 Opinion Summaries

BROOKHILL-WILK 1, LLC v. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Because the district court erred in construing the limitation "remote location," its decision that defendant had not infringed the claims of a patent...

MAJOR PAINT CO. v. US

Bankruptcy Law, Tax Law
Capitalized bankruptcy costs incurred by plaintiff did not arise under a federal law, thus they do not qualify for the special ten-year net operating...

MANN v. US

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
The U.S. breached a geothermal lease by failing to provide plaintiff with notice prior to terminating his lease, thus summary judgment in favor of the...

ALLOY PIPING PRODS., INC. v. KANZEN TETSU SDN. BHD.

Commercial Law, International Trade
The final affirmative antidumping duty determination issued by the Department of Commerce is affirmed where Commerce's refusal to correct an alleged...

SCOTT TIMBER CO. v. US

Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Contracts
In a dispute arising over the suspension of timber contracts to protect the marbled murrelet bird, five of the contracts at issue do not grant the...

HASELRIG v. US

Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Procedures used by Air Force Special Selection Boards to identify candidates for promotion reflect a permissible construction of 10 U.S.C. section...

CLARY v. US

Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
The Court of Federal Claims correctly determined plaintiff was entitled to retire from the military under 10 U.S.C. section 1186(b)(1), but...

ZAMOT v. MERIT SYS. PROT. BD.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In dismissing appeal of a removal action for lack of jurisdiction, the Merit Systems Protection Board did not abuse its discretion either in finding...

BD. OF EDUC. v. AM. BIOSCIENCE, INC.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an inventorship action related to a chemotherapeutic agent, the district court erred in its determination of inventorship as to the true and...

MARTINEZ v. US

Military Law
Hurick v. Lehman, 782 F.2d 984 (Fed. Cir. 1986), which addresses the calculation of the limitations period for military discharge cases brought in the...