Gunn v. Minton

Gunn v. Minton
Argued January 26, 2013
Decided February 20, 2013
Full case name Jerry W. Gunn, et al., Petitioners v. Vernon F. Minton
Docket nos. 11-1118
Citations 568 U.S. 251 (more)
133 S. Ct. 1059; 185 L. Ed. 2d 72; 2013 U.S. LEXIS 1612; 81 U.S.L.W. 4085; 105 U.S.P.Q.2d 1665
Argument Oral argument
Opinion announcement Opinion announcement
Prior history Plaintiff loses malpractice suit, TX St. Ct.; Petitioner files motion for hearing in Federal Court; Case affirmed to Federal Court Tex Sp. Ct.
Subsequent history TX Sp. Ct. overturned, remanded to Texas state courts for further proceedings.
Holding
28 U.S.C. § 1338(a), which provides for exclusive federal jurisdiction over a case “arising under any Act of Congress relating to patents,” does not deprive the state courts of subject matter jurisdiction over a state law claim alleging legal malpractice in a patent case.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority Roberts, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
28 U.S.C. § 1338(a)

Gunn v. Minton, 568 U.S. 251 (2013),[1] is a US patent law case. The case dealt with the question of jurisdiction of patent law litigation in regard to attorney malpractice.[2] In a unanimous ruling, the United States Supreme Court decided that federal laws granting exclusive jurisdiction to cases involving patents does not preclude the ability of state courts to hear cases related to but not involving patents.[3] The case was remanded to the Texas state courts for further proceedings.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Gunn v. Minton, 568 U.S. 251 (2013).  This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.
  2. ↑ "Jerry W. Gunn, et al., v. Vernon F. Minton - LII Supreme Court Bulletin - LII / Legal Information Institute". Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. ↑ "Gunn v. Minton will impact future patent malpractice cases - Lexology". Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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