Legal Opinion
Wang Laboratories, Inc. v. Applied Computer Sciences, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 21, 1991No. Nos. 90-1747, 90-2083PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Applied Computer Sciences, Inc. (“ACS”), seeks review of a summary judgment enforcing a settlement agreement between ACS and appellee, Wang Laboratories, Inc. (“Wang”). We find that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has exclusive jurisdiction to hear this appeal. Before the case is transferred to the Federal Circuit, however, it must be remanded to the district court for compliance with Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
I. Background
Wang and ACS manufacture and market data processing systems. In 1983 Wang filed two…
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