United States Federal Circuit - January 2010 Opinion Summaries

Wilkerson v. Sec'y of Health & Human Serv.

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Decision of the Court of Federal Claims affirming its Special Master's rejection of a petition for compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine...

Blakley v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Tax Law
Decision of the Court of Federal Claims awarding plaintiff $10,732 in attorney's fees under the Internal Revenue Code, arising from the imposition of...

Boehringer Ingelheim Int'l GMBH v. Barr Lab, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit involving claims for certain tetrahydrobenzthiazole compounds for treatment of signs and symptoms of idiopathic...

Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit involving a patent directed to electrochemical sensors for measuring glucose levels in blood, district court's entry of...

Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit involving technology in the area of disposable blood glucose test strips, judgment of the district court in favor of the...

Chrysler Corp. v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, International Trade, Tax Law, Transportation
Judgment of the United States Court of International Trade upholding a denial by United States Custom and Border Protection of a refund on the Harbor...

Schindler Elevator Corp. v. Otis Elevator Co.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit involving a patent directed to an elevator system that recognizes a user when the individual enters an entry location of...

Moberly v. Sec'y of Health & Human Serv.

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's petition seeking compensation on behalf of her infant daughter under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, 42 U.S.C. sections...

Nebraska Pub. Power Dist. v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law, Public Utilities
In an action for a breach of contract against the United States over a dispute involving the interaction between a provision of the Nuclear Waste...

Barnick v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Judgment of the United States Court of Federal Claims upholding the decision of the Air Force Board of Correction of Military Records (AFBCMR) denying...