United States Federal Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's patent infringement claim is reversed where the district court abused its discretion in dismissing the complaint with prejudice after plaintiff's failure to respond to the district court's show cause order.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/11/2005
• Published 04/11/2005

Judges

• LINN, Circuit Judge., Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, GAJARSA and LINN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Anthony R. Zeuli, Merchant & Gould P.C., of Minneapolis, Minnesota, argued for plaintiff-appellant.   With him on the brief were Douglas J. Williams and Matthew A. Doscotch.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gregory S. Cordrey, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, of Irvine, California, argued for defendant-appellee.   On the brief was Edward M. O'Toole, of Chicago, Illinois.