Opinions

Opinions & Orders – November 5, 2026

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released three nonprecedential orders dismissing petitions for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board. This morning, the court released one precedential opinion, three nonprecedential opinions, and two Rule 36 summary affirmances. The precedential opinion comes in a patent case appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. As for today’s nonprecedential opinions: one comes in a salary overpayment case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims, and the other two come in cases appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board, one a whistleblower case and the other an employee removal case. Here are the introductions to the opinions, along with links to the dismissals and summary affirmances.  

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