Michael I. Kroll v. Frank A. Finnerty, Jr., Chief Counsel for the New York State Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District

MICHEL, Circuit Judge.

This is an attorney misconduct case that concerns the scope of federal patent jurisdiction. Michael Kroll appeals from the November 12, 1999 judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, entered upon the district court’s November 9, 1999 order granting summary judgment in favor of Frank Finnerty (nominal defendant for the New York State Grievance Committee, or “Grievance Committee”) and dismissing Kroll’s complaint seeking a declaratory judgment that federal patent law preempts the Grievance Committee’s authority to bring disciplinary…