No. 20-1452

Rick C. Sasso v. Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-16
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 28-usc-1295(a)(1) 28-usc-1338(a) breach-of-contract declaratory-judgment federal-circuit federal-patent-laws jurisdiction patent-jurisdiction removal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17
Related Cases: 20-1284 (Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether this is a case "arising under" federal patent laws under 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a) within the Federal Circuit's jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(1) when cross-respondents chose not to remove an earlier, underlying state court breach-of-contract case and instead litigated for four years in state court and then, on the eve of the state court jury trial after discovery closed, filed this federal declaratory judgment action claiming that inoperative contractual language transformed this breach-of-contract claim into a patent case within the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether this is a case 'arising under' federal patent laws under 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a) within the Federal Circuit's jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(1)

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-05-25
Reply of petitioner Rick C. Sasso filed.
2021-05-17
Brief of respondents Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
2021-04-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 17, 2021)

Attorneys

Rick C. Sasso
George Thomas Patton Jr.Bose, McKinney & Evans, Petitioner
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., et al.
Paul D. ClementKirkland & Ellis LLP, Respondent