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Case
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Question(s) Presented
Date
March 4, 2003
Case
United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe
Subject
Indian Tucker Act
Question(s) Presented
“The question in this case arises under the Indian Tucker Act: does the Court of Federal Claims have jurisdiction over the White Mountain Apache Tribe’s suit against the United States...
Date
June 10, 2002
Case
Franconia Associates v. United States
Subject
Tucker Act
Question(s) Presented
“The Federal Circuit held petitioners’ claims time barred under 28 U.S.C. § 2501, which prescribes that all Tucker Act claims must be filed within six years of the date they...
Date
June 3, 2002
Case
Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc.
Subject
Jurisdiction
Question(s) Presented
“In this case, we address whether the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has appellate jurisdiction over a case in which the complaint does not allege a claim arising...
Date
May 28, 2002
Case
Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co.
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
1. “Whether every claim-narrowing amendment designed to comply with any provision of the Patent Act—including those provisions not related to prior art—automatically creates prosecution history estoppel regardless of the reason...
Date
December 10, 2001
Case
J.E.M. Ag Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
“This case presents the question whether utility patents may be issued for plants under 35 U.S.C. § 101 (1994 ed.), or whether the Plant Variety Protection Act, 84 Stat. 1542,...
Date
November 13, 2001
Case
U.S. Postal Service v. Gregory
Subject
MSPB
Question(s) Presented
“The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 allows eligible employees to appeal termination and other serious disciplinary actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board. 5 U.S.C. §§ 7512–7513. The Federal...
Date
June 18, 2001
Case
United States v. Mead Corp.
Subject
Trade
Question(s) Presented
“The question is whether a tariff classification ruling by the United States Customs Service deserves judicial deference. The Federal Circuit rejected Customs’s invocation of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources...
Date
May 21, 2001
Case
United States v. Hatter
Subject
Compensation Clause
Question(s) Presented
“The Constitution’s Compensation Clause guarantees federal judges a ‘Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.’ U.S. Const., Art. III, § 1. The Court of Appeals for...
Date
June 26, 2000
Case
Mobil Oil Exploration and Producing Southeast, Inc. v. United States
Subject
Gov. Contract
Question(s) Presented
“Two oil companies, petitioners here, seek restitution of $156 million they paid the Government in return for lease contracts giving them rights to explore for and develop oil off the...
Date
April 25, 2000
Case
Nelson v. Adams USA, Inc.
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
“Whether a United States District Court, consistent with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, can assess...
Date
June 23, 1999
Case
Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank
Subject
Patent and Plant Variety Protection Remedy Clarification Act
Question(s) Presented
“Did Congress have power under § 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to abrogate the states’ Eleventh Amendment immunity and make them amenable to suit in federal court for claims of...
Date
June 10, 1999
Case
Dickinson v. Zurko
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
“The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) sets forth standards governing judicial review of findings of fact made by federal administrative agencies. 5 U.S.C. § 706. We must decide whether § 706...
Date
April 21, 1999
Case
United States v. Haggar Apparel Co.
Subject
Trade
Question(s) Presented
“This case concerns regulations relating to the customs classification of certain imported goods. The regulations were issued by the United States Customs Service with approval of the Secretary of the...
Date
November 10, 1998
Case
Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc.
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
“Section 102(b) of the Patent Act of 1952 provides that no person is entitled to patent an ‘invention’ that has been ‘on sale’ more than one year before filing a...
Date
March 31, 1998
Case
United States v. U.S. Shoe Corp.
Subject
Tax
Question(s) Presented
“Whether the Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT), 26 U.S.C. § 4461(a), as applied to goods loaded at United States ports for export, is an impermissible tax on exports or, instead, a...
Date
January 21, 1998
Case
LaChance v. Erickson
Subject
MSPB
Question(s) Presented
“[W]hether either the Due Process Clause or the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA), 5 U.S.C. § 1101 et seq., precludes a federal agency from sanctioning an employee for...
Date
March 3, 1997
Case
Warner-Jenkinson Co. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co.
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
“Nearly 50 years ago, this Court in Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co., 339 U.S. 605 (1950), set out the modern contours of what is known...
Date
July 1, 1996
Case
United States v. Winstar Corp.
Subject
Gov. Contract
Question(s) Presented
“The issue in this case is the enforceability of contracts between the Government and participants in a regulated industry, to accord them particular regulatory treatment in exchange for their assumption...
Date
June 10, 1996
Case
United States v. International Business Machines Corp.
Subject
Tax
Question(s) Presented
“[W]hether the Export Clause of the Constitution permits the imposition of a generally applicable, nondiscriminatory federal tax on goods in export transit.”
Date
April 23, 1996
Case
Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc.
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
“The question here is whether the interpretation of a so-called patent claim, the portion of the patent document that defines the scope of the patentee’s rights, is a matter of...