United States Federal Circuit

The trial court's dismissal of plaintiffs' action for want of jurisdiction, holding that it did not have subject matter jurisdiction over their complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 2502(a), is vacated and remanded for a more complete assessment of whether the plaintiffs have satisfied the requirements of the Reciprocity Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/04/2003
• Published 12/04/2003

Judges

• CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge., Before CLEVENGER, GAJARSA, and DYK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles P. Randall,Enriquez & Randall, of Boca Raton, FL, argued for plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• David D'Alessandris, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee.   With him on the briefs were David M. Cohen, Director, and Mark A. Melnick, Assistant Director.