United States Third Circuit

The District Court erred when it concluded that its earlier panel decision precluded it from considering the declaration of the engineer responsible for inventing a proprietary product numbering system at issue.

Appellate Information

• Argued Array
• Decided 03/27/2003
• Published 03/27/2003

Judges

• Before SCIRICA, Chief Judge, SLOVITER, NYGAARD, ALITO, ROTH, MCKEE, RENDELL, BARRY, AMBRO, FUENTES, SMITH, CHERTOFF, and BECKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James C. McConnon (Argued), Alex R. Sluzas, Paul & Paul, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant., Mark S. Davies (Argued), United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae The United States of America.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stanley H. Cohen, Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Philadelphia, PA, Steven B. Pokotilow (Argued), Stroock, Stroock, and Lavan, New York, NY, for Appellee.