United States Second Circuit

Under 28 U.S.C. section 1498(b), jurisdiction over a copyright infringement action against the Smithsonian Institution and its operating units lies exclusively in the United States Court of Federal Claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/16/2005
• Published 02/16/2005

Judges

• KEARSE, Circuit Judge., Before:  KEARSE and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF, District Judge .

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kevin O'Rourke, Rockville Centre, New York, Plaintiff pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Emily S. Reisbaum, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, New York (David N. Kelley, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Meredith E. Kotler, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, New York, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.