Category: Opinions Related to Orders 2019

Justia Summary The Patent Act provides two methods for challenging an adverse decision by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO): direct appeal to the Federal […]

Justia Summary Gamble pleaded guilty under Alabama’s felon-in-possession-of-a-firearm statute. Federal prosecutors then indicted him for the same instance of possession under federal law. Gamble argued […]

Justia Summary Biestek, a former construction worker, applied for social security disability benefits, claiming he could no longer work due to physical and mental disabilities. […]

Justia Summary Alaska law limits the amount an individual can contribute to a candidate for political office, or to an election-oriented group other than a […]

Justia Summary In 2016, a hacker tricked an employee into disclosing tax information of about 1,300 Lamps employees. After a fraudulent federal income tax return […]

Justia Summary The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) authorizes private civil actions against debt collectors “within one year from the date on which the […]

Justia Summary Batterton was working on a Dutra vessel when a hatch blew open and injured his hand. Batterton sued Dutra, asserting various claims, including […]

Justia Summary Brunetti sought federal registration of the trademark FUCT. The Patent and Trademark Office denied his application under a Lanham Act provision that prohibits […]

Justia Summary Defendants were convicted of Hobbs Act robbery and conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and under 18 U.S.C. 924(c), which authorizes heightened penalties […]

Justia Summary Flowers was tried six times for the murder of four Mississippi furniture store employees. Flowers is black; three of the victims were white. […]