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Fletcher v. United States Atomic Energy Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided January 14, 1952No. 10587PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

The petitioners ask us to review the Atomic Energy Commission’s refusal to grant them compensation, royalties and an award for the government’s alleged use of their inventions in its atomic energy program. Since a construction of applicable legislation is involved, we shall first analyze its pertinent provisions and shall then consider the petitioners’ claims against the statutory background.

Through the enactment of the comprehensive Atomic Energy Act of 1946 1 on August 1 of that year, the United States preempted the field of atomic energy research and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hurn v. OurslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1933

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. James C. Hobbs v. United States of America, Atomic Energy CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  2. Gardner v. AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  3. Herbert L. Anderson v. United States Atomic Energy CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
  4. N. V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken v. Atomic Energy CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
  5. John W. Gardner, Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare v. The State of Alabama, for and in Behalf of and as Trustee for the Departmentof Pensions and Security of the State of Alabama, the State of Alabama, for and in Behalf of and as Trustee for the Departmentof Pensions and Security of the State of Alabama v. John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968

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