Legal Opinion

Thomas v. National Science Foundation

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided June 3, 2003No. 02-5169PublishedCited by 98 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

In 1995, the National Science Foundation (“NSF”), the sole appellant before this court, and Network Solutions, Inc. (“NSI”), a private contractor, entered into an agreement which permitted NSI to collect fees for Internet registration services. NSI and NSF divided the fees 70%-30%, with NSF’s 30% share deposited into an Intellectual Infrastructure Fund (“Fund”) for future Government use on Internet projects. In 1997, William Thomas and other parties (collectively, “appellees”), filed a suit in…

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