United States Federal Circuit - January 2007 Opinion Summaries

Richardson v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
Dismissal of a Vietnam War veteran's petition for a writ of mandamus and denial of his former fiduciary's motion to be substituted as the petitioner...

Bianchi v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law
In a case arising from contracts to produce military clothing and defaulted loans to finance plaintiff's performance of the contracts, dismissal of...

Israel Bio-Engineering Project v. Amgen, Inc.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment for defendant in a patent infringement action involving a pharmaceutical to treat rheumatoid arthritis is affirmed where plaintiff...

Andersen Corp. v. Fiber Composites, LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving patents relating to composite materials made from a mixture of polymer and wood fiber, the judgment of the...

Stoyanov v. Dep't of the Navy

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a matter involving a whistleblower complaint alleging that an agency was escalating intentional discrimination against petitioner's brother, based...

Hanlin v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
A decision finding an attorney was not entitled to attorney fees from past-due benefits awarded to the adult helpless child of a deceased veteran is...

Hydril Co. LP v. Grant Prideco LP

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
Dismissal of antitrust, patent, and state law contract claims involving a type of pipe are reversed in part and vacated in part where: 1) the conduct...

Lebeau v. US

Class Actions, Government Contracts, Government Law, Indian Law
In a class action brought against the government under the Little Tucker Act for breach of trust based on what plaintiffs asserted was the Secretary...

MBO Labs., Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment of noninfringement for defendant in a patent dispute involving a design for a hypodermic safety syringe is reversed in part as to the...

Citizens Fed. Bank v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Remedies
In a Winstar related case, a ruling holding that the government breached an agreement with a savings and loan company that the latter could use a...