Legal Opinion
Farrand Optical Co., Inc. v. The United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 6, 1963No. 403, Docket 27333PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEONARD P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff seeks compensation under the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951, 35 U.S.C. § 183, for the disclosure and use of its invention by the Government. Plaintiff’s right to bring this action in a United States District Court, rather than exclusively in the Court of Claims, originally upheld by Judge Ryan in the district court, but denied by a panel of this court, was eventually upheld by an equally divided court sitting in banc. Farrand Optical Co. v. United States, 2 Cir., 317 F.2d 885. The proceeding in banc was restricted to the jurisdictional issue, and thus…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Boston Sand and Gravel Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- United States v. N. Y. Rayon Importing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Saunders v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Ritter v. Rohm & Haas CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
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