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HOLMES GROUP, INC. v. VORNADO AIR CIRCULATION (26299)

    Order dated: 11/08/01
    Docket number: 01-408
    Action:
        The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to Questions 1 and 3 presented by the petition.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

1. Does 28 U.S.C. 1295(a)(1)divest regional Circuits of jurisdiction to decide appeals of final decisions of district courts in cases wherein the well-pleaded complaint of the prevailing plaintiff does not allege any claim arising under federal law? 3. Did the Court of Appeals for the federal Circuit err in concluding that this action arises under federal patent law for purposes of 28 U.S.C. 1295(a)(1) and 1338(a)?

An opinion has been handed down: