United States Federal Circuit - May 2005 Opinion Summaries

Texas Peanut Farmers v. US

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts
Dismissal of plaintiffs' claims, alleging breach of government-reinsured crop policy contracts, is vacated where the district court failed to transfer...

Hometown Fin. v. US

Banking Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
The government is liable for breach of contract where the passage of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act eliminated...

Akers v. Nicholson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs' motion admitting procedural error that asked for remand of plaintiff's claim for disability benefits does not...

In Re Harris

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning a superalloy, rejection of plaintiff's US Patent Application is affirmed where substantial evidence supports a prima...

In Re Harris

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning a superalloy, rejection of plaintiff's US Patent Application is affirmed where substantial evidence supports a prima...

Telecare Corp. v. Leavitt

Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Medicare Secondary Payer statute, Social Security Act section 1862, allows the United States to initiate an action for reimbursement of medical...

Imonex v. W.H. Munzprufer

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning coin selectors, the district court did not err in ordering a second trial on damages since the jury did not hear...

Syntex v. Apotex, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement dispute concerning eye drops, judgment of validity in favor of plaintiff is reversed where the district court committed legal...

Riley & Ephriam Constr. Co. v. US

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts
In a contract dispute, the Court of Federal Claims erred in determining when the contracting officer's final decision had been received by plaintiff,...

Rafferty v. Office of Pers. Mgmt.

Family Law, Labor & Employment Law
The district court's order awarding plaintiff a former spouse survivor annuity constitutes an improper modification under 5 U.S.C. section 8321(h)(4)...