Arthur J. Gajarsa

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit circuit Retired 2012 · served 1997–2012 Appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic) 35 signed orders read

Judge Gajarsa no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Michael M. Johnson v. United States
· 2003-01-30
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Because Johnson had no standing to bring the takings claim before the Court of Federal Claims, we affirm.”

Ruth T. Hairston v. Office of Personnel Management
· 2003-01-29
Petition for review (petitioner) Granted

“we hold that Ms. Hairston is entitled to receive the former spouse survivor annuity, and accordingly reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

Gilpin v. West, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
· 1998-10-28
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (“Secretary”) permissibly interpreted 38 U.S.C. § 1110 to require “current symptoma-tology” at the time the claim is filed in order for a veteran to be entitled to compensation for a disability such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (“PTSD”) under that statute, we affirm the decision of the Court of Veterans Appeals.”

Bustos v. West, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
· 1999-06-16
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“which denied his claim of clear and unmistakable error (“CUE”) in a prior rating decision. We affirm.”

Lowry v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
· 1999-09-03
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“We therefore reverse the dismissal of the petitioner’s complaint by the Court of Federal Claims and remand the case for further proceedings.”

Summers v. Gober, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs
· 2000-09-01
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“Because we find that the CAVC did not err in its conclusions, we affirm.”

Anglin v. West, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
· 2000-02-15
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the decision of the CAVC.”

Fonda D. Brown v. Department of Veterans Affairs
· 2001-04-18
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“Because petitioners have not stated a claim upon which a request for relief can be granted, this court affirms.”

Eaton v. Evans
· 2000-02-02
Petition for review (petitioner) Granted

“Because we hold that the PTO Board erred as a matter of law in finding that Evans reduced the count to practice by December 1986, we vacate the PTO Board’s priority determination and remand for further findings regarding Evans’s date of reduction to practice and Eaton’s dates of conception and reduction to practice.”

Sandstrom v. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
· 2004-02-20
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“because Congress has not statutorily waived the government’s sovereign immunity from interest payments necessary to compensate a veteran who has been damaged by a clear and unmistakable error (“CUE”) by the government, we affirm.”

Eli Lilly & Co. v. Board of Regents of the University of Washington
· 2003-07-03
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“the Board committed no reversible error in applying the two-way test to determine that the '529 patent and the corresponding claims of the '663 reissue application do not define the same patentable invention, we affirm.”

W.E. Hall Company, Inc. v. Atlanta Corrugating, LLC
· 2004-06-07
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Because we find no error in the district court’s claim construction, we affirm the summary judgment of noninfringement.”

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