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Opinions & Orders – August 18, 2025

Late Friday, the Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential opinion in a pro se case and a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning, the court released a precedential opinion in a takings case appealed from the Court of Federal Claims. The Federal Circuit also issued a nonprecedential opinion in a vaccine case and another nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the dismissals.

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Opinions & Orders – August 15, 2025

This morning, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential opinion in a case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board. The court affirmed the Board’s decision to dismiss an appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Here is the introduction to the opinion.

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Opinions & Orders – August 11, 2025

Late Friday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning, the court released a precedential opinion in a patent case appealed from the District of Utah, two nonprecedential opinions in pro se cases appealed from the Court of Federal Claims, and a nonprecedential opinion in a case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board. The Federal Circuit also released a nonprecedential order transferring a case to the Ninth Circuit along with four other nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the transfer and dismissals.

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Opinions & Orders – August 8, 2025

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning, the court released a precedential opinion in a patent case appealed from the District of New Jersey. The Federal Circuit also released two nonprecedential opinions in decisions appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Finally, the court released two Rule 36 summary affirmances. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the Rule 36 summary affirmances and dismissal.

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Opinions & Orders – August 6, 2025

This morning, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential opinion in a case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board. Here is the introduction to the opinion.

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Opinions & Orders – July 25, 2025

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals from the Merit Systems Protection Board. This morning, the court released one precedential opinion in a patent case, transferring it to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Federal Circuit also released three nonprecedential opinions in decisions appealed from the MSPB, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the dismissals.

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Opinions & Orders – July 16, 2025

This morning, the Federal Circuit released four nonprecedential opinions. Two arose from challenges to decisions of the Merit Systems Protection Board. One came in a pro se appeal from a decision of the Court of Federal Claims. The final opinion addressed an appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. The Federal Circuit also released one Rule 36 summary affirmance, three nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals, and one nonprecedential order granting summary affirmance. Here are the introductions to the opinions and order granting summary affirmance, as well as links to the Rule 36 judgment and dismissals.

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Opinions & Orders – July 11, 2025

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing a case appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. This morning, the Federal Circuit released three nonprecedential opinions in cases appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the Merit Systems Protection Board, and the Court of Federal Claims. The Federal Circuit also released two Rule 36 judgments in two patent cases. Here are introductions to the opinions and links to the Rule 36 judgments and dismissal.

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Opinions & Orders – July 10, 2025

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing a patent case appealed from the Patent and Trademark Office. This morning, the Federal Circuit issued five nonprecedential opinions. Two arose from appeals of decisions of the Merit Systems Protection Board, one from a decision of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, one from a decision of the Court of Federal Claims, and one from a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. The Federal Circuit also released two Rule 36 judgments and two more dismissals. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the Rule 36 judgments and dismissals.

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Opinions & Orders – June 11, 2025

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released three nonprecedential orders. As we separately noted, in one of these orders the en banc Federal Circuit stayed the Court of International Trade’s injunctions of President Trump’s tariffs. In yesterday’s other two nonprecedential orders, the court dismissed appeals. This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion and one nonprecedential opinion. The precedential opinion comes in a patent case, in which the court affirmed two final written decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. In the nonprecedential opinion, the court dismissed a case appealed from the Merit Systems Protection Board. Here are the introductions to the opinions and orders (other than yesterday’s en banc order, which can be found here) and links to the dismissals.

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