all - Opinion Summaries

SPARTON CORP. v. US

Intellectual Property, Military Law, Patent
In a patent dispute, summary judgment of invalidity, in favor of defendant under the on-sale bar of 35 U.S.C. section 102(b), is reversed where the...

MURAKAMI v. US

Government Law, Military Law
Denial of plaintiff's claim for a redress payment, arising from the internment of persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II, is affirmed where...

MAPU v. NICHOLSON

Government Benefits, Military Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's appeal, alleging that he was improperly denied veterans' benefits, is affirmed where his notice of appeal was not received...

TORRENS v. LOCKHEED MARTIN SERV.

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court erred in finding that the federal government lacks exclusive legislative jurisdiction over the piers area at U.S. Naval Station...

THOMAS v. PRINCIPI

Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
The Veterans' Judicial Review Act does not deprive a district court of jurisdiction over an action brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act by...

SAMCO GLOBAL ARMS, INC. v. ARITA

Contracts, International Law, International Trade, Military Law
In a suit for breach of contract, dismissal of plaintiff-arms dealer's suit is affirmed where the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act precludes suit...

WIWA v. ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM CO.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law, International Law, Military Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a class action suit alleging brutal repression of an ethnic minority, the district court's quashing of a subpoena directed to a non-party, and its...

DOWNING v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MGMT.

Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Denial of plaintiff's request that his active duty military service be counted towards his Civil Service Retirement System retirement annuity is...

MORAVEC v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MGMT.

Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Denial of plaintiff's claim for annuity benefits, under the Civil Service Retirement System, is affirmed where the Merit Systems Protection Board's...

WHITE v. DEP'T OF THE AIR FORCE

Education Law, Military Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's whistleblowing claim is affirmed where plaintiff did not have a reasonable belief that he was disclosing gross mismanagement.