United States Federal Circuit - September 2006 Opinion Summaries

TEG-Paradigm Envtl., Inc. v. US

Contracts, Government Contracts
In a breach of contract action stemming from a contract with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to perform asbestos abatement...

PSEG Nuclear, L.L.C. v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Contracts
In a breach of contract case stemming from contracts entered into with the Department of Energy under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), the...

Sheinbein v. Dudas

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Patent
A decision excluding plaintiff from practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is affirmed since the USPTO has statutory...

Kemin Foods, L.C. v. Pigmentos Vegetales del Centro S.A. de C.V.

Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent
Judgments in patent cases, involving patents which include process and product claims pertaining to purified lutein that is extracted from plants, are...

Brother Int'l Corp. v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, International Law, International Trade, Tax Law
A decision sustaining the denial by the United States Customs Service of plaintiff's protests seeking relief under the Tariff Act for a...

Metz v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Because the Court of Federal Claims' inquiry into subject matter jurisdiction in Tucker Act cases is limited to a determination of whether the source...

Independence Park Apartments v. US

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
A petition for rehearing challenging a valuation analysis as applied to low-income housing providers' takings claims is granted in part for purposes...

Snyder v. Office of Personnel Mgmt.

Contracts, Family Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A petition for review of an order affirming the denial of petitioner's claim for survivor annuity benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System...

Kelly v. Nicholson

Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
A judgment denying an application for reimbursement of legal fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), involving a claim for...

PAM, S.p.A. v. US

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law, International Trade
A final judgment of the United States Court of International Trade that the Department of Commerce's latest administrative review of dumping by eight...