Opinions

Opinions & Orders – September 18, 2026

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning, the court released one precedential opinion, one nonprecedential opinion, and three nonprecedential orders. The precedential opinion comes in an antidumping case appealed from the Court of International Trade. The nonprecedential opinion comes in a case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims concerning breach of contract and employment claims. As for the orders, one transfers a case to the Southern District of Ohio, and the other two dismiss an appeal and a petition. Here are the introductions to the opinions and the transfer order as well as links to the dismissals.

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Opinions & Orders – September 17, 2026

This morning, the Federal Circuit released four nonprecedential opinions, two nonprecedential orders, and one errata. Two of the opinions come in cases involving appeals from the Merit Systems Protection Board, and two come in patent cases, one appealed from the Southern District of New York and one from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The two orders deny petitions for writs of mandamus, one to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and the other to the Court of International Trade. Here are the introductions to the opinions and orders as well as a link to the errata.

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Opinions & Orders – September 16, 2026

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion, four nonprecedential opinions, one dismissal, and four Rule 36 summary affirmances. The precedential opinion comes in a government contract case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims. As for the nonprecedential opinions, two come in veterans cases appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, one comes in a case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board, and one comes in a case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims, which dismissed a complaint for lack of jurisdiction. Here are the introductions to the opinions along with links to the orders.

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Opinions & Orders – September 15, 2026

This morning, the Federal Circuit released four nonprecedential opinions and four Rule 36 summary affirmances. Two of the opinions come in veterans cases appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, one comes in a case appealing a final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board, and one comes in a case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims, which dismissed a complaint for lack of jurisdiction. Here are the introductions to the opinions along with links to the summary affirmances.

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Opinions & Orders – September 14, 2026

Late Friday afternoon, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning, the court released two precedential opinions and six nonprecedential opinions. Both precedential opinions come in patent cases, one appealed from the Eastern District of Texas and one appealed from the District of Delaware. As for the nonprecedential opinions, two come in veterans cases appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; two come in cases appealed from the Court of Federal Claims, which dismissed the cases for lack of jurisdiction; one comes in a patent case appealed from the Western District of Texas; and one comes in a federal employment case. Here are the introductions to the opinions as well as a link to the dismissal.

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Opinions & Orders – September 11, 2026

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning, the court released one precedential opinion, four nonprecedential opinions, and three Rule 36 summary affirmances. The precedential opinion comes in a patent case appealed from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. One of the nonprecedential opinions comes in another patent case appealed from the District of Delaware. Notably, Judge Subramanian, sitting by designation, dissented. Another of the nonprecedential opinions comes in an appeal from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; one comes in an appeal from the Court of Federal Claims; and one comes in an appeal from the Merit Systems Protection Board. Here are the introductions to the opinions along with links to the orders.

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Opinions & Orders – September 10, 2026

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion, four nonprecedential opinions, and one Rule 36 summary affirmance. The precedential opinion comes in a trade secret case appealed from the Eastern District of Michigan. Two of the nonprecedential opinions come in cases involving the Merit Systems Protection Board, one comes in a patent case appealed from the Eastern District of Virginia, and the other comes in a veterans case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Here are the introductions to the opinions as well as a link to the summary affirmance.

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Opinions & Orders – September 9, 2026

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning, the court released one nonprecedential opinion, one nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal, and one Rule 36 summary affirmance. The opinion comes in a case appealing a final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board. Here is the introduction to the opinion as well as links to the summary affirmance and dismissals.

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Opinions & Orders – September 8, 2026

This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion, one nonprecedential opinion, and one errata. The precedential opinion comes in a veterans case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. The nonprecedential opinion comes in a patent case appealed from the Northern District of California. Here are the introductions to the opinions and a link to the errata.

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Opinions & Orders – September 4, 2026

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing a petition. This morning, the court released one precedential opinion and three nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. The opinion comes in a government contract case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims. Here is the introduction to the opinion as well as links to the orders.

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