United States Federal Circuit - February 2011 Opinion Summaries

Erickson v. US Postal Service

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure
In an administrative action under the antidiscrimination provisions of The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Acts (USERRA), 38...

Siemens Med. Solutions, Inc. v. Saint-Gobain Ceramics and Plastics, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a patent infringement action involving PET scanners, denial of defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law is affirmed where there is an...

Centocor Ortho Biotech, Inc. v. Abbot Lab.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit involving pharmaceutical antibodies used to treat arthritis, grant of judgment as a matter of law in favor of defendant...

Klamath Irrigation Dist. v. US

Agriculture, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law, Administrative Law
In an action brought by fourteen water, drainage, and irrigation districts and thirteen agricultural landowners in Oregon and California, who use...

Ward v. USPS

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of a final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board affirming the U.S. Postal Service's decision to remove petitioner from...

ABB, Inc. v. Cooper Indus. LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a declaratory judgment action seeking a declaration of noninfringement as to the claims of several of defendants' patents that involve electrical...

Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Co. v. US

International Trade
In an antidumping case, the decision of the US Court of International Trade, which sustained a decision by the Department of Commerce that granted...

Tyrues v. Shinseki

Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In a veteran's action seeking compensation for a direct service connection lung disorder under 38 U.S.C. section 1110, U.S. Court of Appeals for...

Rodriguez v. Sec'y of Health and Human Servs.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case involving a dispute over the reasonable hourly rate used to calculate attorneys' fees awarded under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury...

Mabus v. Gen. Dynamics C4 Sys., Inc.

Government Contracts
In a dispute arising out of a Navy contract for the development and delivery of Digital Modular Radios, final judgment of the Armed Services Board of...