James C. Hobbs v. United States of America, Atomic Energy Commission

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

James C. Hobbs seeks just compensation for the Atomic Energy Commission’s taking of rights in certain inventions useful in the production of fissionable material. He asks this Court to review an adverse decision of the AEC’s Patent Compensation Board 1 and the Commission’s refusal to review the Board. See Atomic Energy Act of 1954, § 189(b), 42 U.S.C. § 2239(b). We reverse the Patent Board’s decision and remand the case to the Board for further consideration.

In 1943 the United States hurried toward completion of its first atomic energy facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.…