United States Ex Rel. Steinmetz v. Allen
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This is a petition in mandarnus filed m the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to- compel the Commissioner of Patents to require the primary examiner to forward an appeal, prayed by the petitioner, to the board of examiners-in-chief, to review the ruling of the primary examiner requiring petitioner to cancel certain of his ¿¡aims in his application for motor meters.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This is a petition in mandarnus filed m the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to- compel the Commissioner of Patents to require the primary examiner to forward an appeal, prayed by the petitioner, to the board of examiners-in-chief, to review the ruling of the primary examiner requiring petitioner to cancel certain of his ¿¡aims in his application for motor meters. The Supreme Court dismissed the petition, and its action •was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. This writ of error was then sued out. The decision of the primary…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice McKenna,
after stating the case as above, .délivered the opinion of the court.
1. The jurisdiction of this court to review the judgment of the Court of Appeals is questioned. There is no money in-dispute nor anything to which a pecuniary value has been given. Jurisdiction is claimed under the clause of section 8 of the act of February 9, 1893, which gives an appeal to this court from' the final judgment or decree of the Court of Appeals in cases in which there is drawn in question the validity of “an authority exercised under the United States.”
By section 483 of the Revised…
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