United States Federal Circuit - May 2017 Opinion Summaries

Kitlinski v. MSPB

Labor & Employment Law, Administrative Law
In an appeal of the Merit Systems Protection Board dismissal of claims brought under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of...

Maverick Tube Corp. v. US

International Trade
In an appeal of the International Trade court's decision sustaining the determination of the U.S. Department of Commerce on remand to apply adverse...

Suntec Industries Co., Ltd. v. US

International Trade
In an appeal arising from the U.S. Department of Commerce's third administrative review of its antidumping-duty order covering certain steel nails...

Ollis v. Shulkin

Administrative Law
In a veteran's claim for disability benefits under 38 U.S.C. section 1151, a section that requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay...

Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a challenge to the district court's award of prejudgment interest in a patent infringement action, the appeal is dismissed where because the order...

US v. Am. Home Assurance Co.

International Trade
In an appeal arising from four collection actions in which the government sought to recover unpaid antidumping duties from a surety, the Court of...

Lee v. MSPB

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a former government employee appealing her termination, the Merit Systems Protection Board's decision dismissal is affirmed...

Joseph Phelps Vineyards, LLC v. Fairmount Holdings, LLC

Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a petition for cancellation of a trademark, brought by the owner of the INSIGNIA mark used to sell wines since 1978 against the registrant of the...

Rivera v. Int'l Trade Commission

Intellectual Property, Patent, International Trade
In an appeal from a divided decision by the International Trade Commission, finding no violation of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C....

Mylan Institutional LLC v. Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Drugs & Biotech
In an infringement action involving patents which relate to isosulfan blue (ISB), a triarylmethane dye used to map lymph nodes, the district court's...