United States Federal Circuit

In a patent case involving computer software, denial of a software maker's motion to reassign the case to a different judge following a remand from the circuit court is reversed since the federal circuit court defers to the law of the regional circuit on the issue of reassignment, and Seventh Circuit Rule 36 requires reassignment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/31/2006
• Published 07/31/2006

Judges

• RADER, Circuit Judge., Before RADER, Circuit Judge, PLAGER, Senior Circuit Judge, and PROST, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Martin R. Lueck, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, for plaintiffs-appellees.   With him on the brief were Jan M. Conlin, Richard M. Martinez, and Munir R. Meghjee., David T. Pritikin, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood LLP, of Chicago, Illinois, for defendant-appellant.   With him on the brief were Constantine L. Trela, Jr., Richard A. Cederoth, and Robert N. Hochman of Chicago, Illinois, and Carter G. Phillips, of Washington, DC. Of counsel on the brief were M. Michael Hartmann, Brett A. Hesterberg, and Steven P. Petersen, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd., of Chicago, Illinois.