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Question(s) Presented
Date
March 4, 1996
Case
Hercules, Inc. v. United States
Subject
Tucker Act
Question(s) Presented
“Petitioners in this case incurred substantial costs defending, and then settling, third-party tort claims arising out of their performance of Government contracts. In this action under the Tucker Act, they...
Date
April 18, 1995
Case
Shalala v. Whitecotton
Subject
Vaccine
Question(s) Presented
“The question in this case is whether a claimant who shows that she experienced symptoms of an injury after receiving a vaccination makes out a prima facie case for compensation...
Date
January 18, 1995
Case
Asgrow Seed Co. v. Winterboer
Subject
Plant Variety Protection Act
Question(s) Presented
“The Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970, 7 U.S.C. § 2321 et seq., protects owners of novel seed varieties against unauthorized sales of their seed for replanting purposes. An exemption,...
Date
December 12, 1994
Case
Brown v. Gardner
Subject
Veterans
Question(s) Presented
“[W]hether a regulation of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 38 CFR § 3.358(c)(3) (1993), requiring a claimant for certain veterans’ benefits to prove that disability resulted from negligent treatment by...
Date
May 24, 1993
Case
Keene Corp. v. United States
Subject
Jurisdiction
Question(s) Presented
1. “Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1500 treats a claim in a non-Claims Court suit as ‘for or in respect to’ a claim in the Claims Court when Congress has precluded...
Date
May 17, 1993
Case
Cardinal Chemical Co. v. Morton International, Inc.
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
“[W]hether the affirmance by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of a finding that a patent has not been infringed is a sufficient reason for vacating a declaratory...
Date
January 25, 1993
Case
United States v. Hill
Subject
Tax
Question(s) Presented
“Under §§ 56 and 57(a)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 26 U.S.C. §§ 56, 57(a)(8) (1976 ed.), a taxpayer must pay a ‘minimum tax’ on the excess of...
Date
June 8, 1992
Case
United States v. Thompson/Center Arms Co.
Subject
Tax
Question(s) Presented
“Section 5821 of the National Firearms Act (NFA or Act) levies a tax of $200 per unit upon anyone ‘making’ a ‘firearm’ as that term is defined in the Act....
Date
June 18, 1990
Case
Eli Lilly and Co. v. Medtronic, Inc.
Subject
Patent
Question(s) Presented
“[W]hether 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(1) renders activities that would otherwise constitute patent infringement noninfringing if they are undertaken for the purpose of developing and submitting to the Food and Drug...
Date
June 11, 1990
Case
Office of Personnel Management v. Richmond
Subject
MSPB
Question(s) Presented
“[W]hether erroneous oral and written advice given by a Government employee to a benefits claimant may give rise to estoppel against the Government and so entitle the claimant to a...
Date
December 11, 1989
Case
United States v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
Subject
Tax
Question(s) Presented
“[W]hether ‘accumulated profits’ in the indirect tax credit provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 are to be measured in accordance with United States or foreign tax principles.”
Date
November 28, 1989
Case
United States v. Sperry Corp.
Subject
Foreign Relations Authorization Act
Question(s) Presented
“Section 502 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987, requires the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to deduct and pay into the United States Treasury...
Date
June 17, 1988
Case
Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp.
Subject
Jurisdiction
Question(s) Presented
1. “[Whether] the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ha[d] jurisdiction of the appeal from the district court judgment entered on July 19, 1985.” 2. “Whether a U.S....
Date
February 23, 1988
Case
Department of the Navy v. Egan
Subject
MSPB
Question(s) Presented
“[W]hether the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board) has authority by statute to review the substance of an underlying decision to deny or revoke a security clearance in the course of...
Date
January 25, 1988
Case
United States v. Fausto
Subject
Tucker Act
Question(s) Presented
“[W]hether the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, which affords an employee in respondent’s situation no review of the agency’s decision, precludes . . . a Claims Court suit.”
Date
April 22, 1987
Case
United States v. General Dynamics Corp.
Subject
Tax
Question(s) Presented
“[W]hether an accrual-basis taxpayer providing medical benefits to its employees may deduct at the close of the taxable year an estimate of its obligation to pay for medical care obtained...
Date
November 4, 1986
Case
O'Connor v. United States
Subject
Tax
Question(s) Presented
Whether § 2 of Article XV of the Agreement in Implementation of Article III of the Panama Canal Treaty “constitutes an express exemption of . . . Commission salaries from...
Date
June 23, 1986
Case
United States v. American Bar Endowment
Subject
Tax
Question(s) Presented
1. “[W]hether income that a tax-exempt charitable organization derives from offering group insurance to its members constitutes ‘unrelated business income’ subject to tax under §§ 511 through 513 of the Internal...
Date
June 3, 1986
Case
United States v. Hughes Properties, Inc.
Subject
Tax
Question(s) Presented
“Whether the Federal Circuit correctly determined the proper time for deduction by an accrual basis taxpayer engaged in the business of gaming of an expense represented by its unpaid liability...
Date
April 22, 1986
Case
United States v. American College of Physicians
Subject
Tax
Question(s) Presented
“Whether income derived by a tax-exempt medical association from the sale of commercial advertising space in its monthly journal is ‘unrelated business income’ subject to tax under Sections 511 through...