Opinions

Opinions & Orders – June 13, 2025

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonpreceential order dismissing an appeal in a patent case. This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion affirming a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board and one nonprecedential opinion vacating and remanding a decision of the Trademark trial and Appeal Board. The Federal Circuit also released three nonprecedential orders. One transfers a case, and one dismisses an appeal. Notably, in the third order, the Federal Circuit adopted a briefing schedule and set oral argument for July 31 in the case challenging President Trump’s tariffs. Here are the introductions to the opinions and the order in the tariff case and links to the transfer and dismissals.

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Featured / Supreme Court Activity

Recent Activity at the Supreme Court

Here is an update on recent activity at the Supreme Court in cases decided by the Federal Circuit. With respect to granted petitions, there has been no new activity since our last post. With respect to pending petitions, one new petition was filed in a patent case; two waivers of right to respond to petitions were filed in patent cases; a new brief in opposition was filed in a patent case; and the Court denied two petitions, one in a patent case and one in a pro se case. Here are the details.

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Opinions & Orders – June 6, 2025

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning, the Federal Circuit released a precedential opinion in a vaccine case, affirming-in-part and reversing-in-part a decision of the Court of Federal Claims. The Federal Circuit also released five nonprecedential opinions, two in appeals from the Merit Systems Protection Board, one in an appeal from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, one from the Court of Federal Claims, and one from the Armed Service Board of Contract Appeals. The Federal Circuit also released four nonprecedential orders dismissing appeals. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the dismissals.

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Opinions & Orders – June 5, 2025

Late yesterday, the Federal Circuit released a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. This morning, the Federal Circuit released three precedential opinions, three nonprecedential opinions, two Rule 36 judgments, and one nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the summary affirmances and dismissals.

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Opinions & Orders – May 21, 2025

Today, the Federal Circuit released a precedential opinion affirming a decision in a case appealed from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. The court also released two nonprecedential opinions in cases decided by the Merit Systems Protection Board. In the first nonprecedential opinion, the court affirmed the Board’s final decision. In the second nonprecedential opinion, the court reversed the Board’s final decision and remanded the case for further proceedings. Here are the introductions to the opinions.

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Opinions & Orders – May 9, 2025

This morning the Federal Circuit released seven nonprecedential opinions and a nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal. Three of the nonprecedential opinions come in international trade cases, two on appeal from the Department of Commerce and one from the Court of International Trade. The other four nonprecedential opinions come in pro se cases on appeal from the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Personnel Management. Here are the introductions to the opinions and a link to the dismissal.

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Opinions & Orders – April 28, 2025

This morning, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential opinion and five nonprecedential orders. Both of the opinions come in international trade cases appealed from the Court of International Trade. One of the orders denies a petition for a writ of mandamus, one grants a motion for summary affirmance, one transfers an appeal, and two dismiss appeals. Here are the introductions to the opinions and the order denying the petition, along with links to the other orders.

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Opinions & Orders – April 24, 2025

This morning the Federal Circuit released three nonprecedential opinions and two nonprecedential orders. Two of the nonprecedential opinions come in patent cases appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, while the third is a design patent case appealed from the Eastern District of Tennessee. The orders are dismissals. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the dismissals.

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Featured / Petitions / Supreme Court Activity

Recent Activity at the Supreme Court

Here is an update on recent activity at the Supreme Court in cases decided by the Federal Circuit. With respect to granted petitions, the petitioner filed his reply brief in Soto v. United States, a veterans case. With respect to pending petitions, one new petition was filed in a government contract case; a waiver of the right to respond was filed in a takings case; a brief in opposition was filed in a patent case; and an amicus brief was filed in the same takings case. In addition, the Court denied petitions in two patent cases and five pro se cases. Here are the details.

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Opinions & Orders – April 16, 2025

This morning, the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential opinions, four nonprecedential orders, and one summary affirmance. Of the nonprecedential opinions, one comes in a patent case on appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, while the other comes in a pro se case on appeal from the Merit Systems Protection Board. Of the nonprecedential orders, two transfer cases, while the other two dismiss appeals. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the orders and summary affirmance. 

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