United States Federal Circuit - April 2011 Opinion Summaries

Dell Products LP v. US

International Law, Commercial Law, International Law
In a trade dispute involving the scope of General Rule of Interpretation 3(b) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, judgment of the...

Wagner v. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Attorney's Fees, Attorney's Fees
In a dispute arising from an application for supplemental attorneys fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. section 2412,...

Billups-Rothenberg, Inc. v. Associated Regional & Uni.of Pathologist, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Patent, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action involving a genetic test for Type I hereditary hemochromatosis, summary judgment in favor of defendants on invalidity...

Juniper Networks, Inc. v. Shipley

Patent, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure
In a false marking qui tam action alleging the unauthorized use of an embodied firewall by defendant, Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal by district court is...

Wellman, Inc v. Eastman Chemical Co.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement dispute involving polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resins for use in plastic beverage containers, summary judgment by...

Camilo v. US

Administrative Law, Military Law, Evidence, Evidence
In a dispute arising a petition for the correction of military records, summary judgment of the trial court in favor of the defendant is affirmed...

Guerra v. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Government Benefits, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure
In a benefits dispute involving the interpretation and scope of 38 U.S.C. section 1114(s), judgment of the district court is affirmed where section...

Radio Systems Corp. v. Accession, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Civil Procedure
In a dispute involving the scope of federal jurisdiction in patent cases, judgment of district court dismissing action on the ground that it lacked...

San Carlos Apache Tribe v. US

Government Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In an action for breach of fiduciary duty under the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. section 2501, and relating to water rights in the Gila River, judgment of...

Dominion Resources Inc v. US

Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts
In a spent nuclear fuel (SNF) case involving an action for breach of contract, judgment of the district court is affirmed where the Nuclear Waste...