Legal Opinion
Breed v. Hughes Aircraft Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 14, 2001No. 99-56130PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to draw the line between the jurisdiction of our court and the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. It also illustrates the relationship between pleading in the district court and federal appellate jurisdiction and serves as a reminder that pleading a patent claim in the complaint will, in all likelihood, put the case on the path to the Federal Circuit rather than the Ninth Circuit.
The underlying dispute stems from the breakdown in a long business relationship between Hughes Aircraft Company and Ben Breed, a…
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