United States Federal Circuit - February 2013 Opinion Summaries

Casitas Municipal Water District v. US

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
The Court of Federal Claim properly concluded that plaintiff's Fifth Amendment Takings claim was not ripe, where: 1) beneficial use is the proper...

Sharp Electronics Corporation v. Army

Administrative Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
Under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), 8.406-6, only the General Services Administration (GSA) contracting officer may resolve disputes that, in...

Smith v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Judges & Judiciary
Judgment dismissing plaintiff's Fifth Amendment takings claim against government when his license to practice law was revoked by the Tenth Circuit and...

Walker v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law
Judgment affirming Board of Veterans' Appeals denial of petitioner's disability compensation claim for bilateral hearing loss is affirmed, where: 1)...

McGuire v. US

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of plaintiff's Fifth Amendment regulatory takings claim, against defendant Bureau of Indian Affairs for refusing to authorize replacement of a...

Brilliant Instruments, Inc. v. Guidetech, LLC

Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment that plaintiff did not infringe defendant's patents relating to circuits that measure the timing errors of digital signals in...

Northrop Grumman Computing v. US

Administrative Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
In disputes arising from a single contract between plaintiff and defendant U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the delivery of...

Cephalon, Inc. v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Judgment for defendant in patent infringement suit is: 1) affirmed in part where the district court did not clearly err in finding that defendant's...

Function Media, LLC v. Google Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Judgment invalidating one of plaintiff's patents as indefinite and verdict finding two others invalid and not infringed, all of which relate to...

Young v. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Arbitrator's decision denying plaintiff's grievance is reversed and remanded, where: 1) the ex parte communications from this case were so substantial...