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Federal Reporter - Courts Of Appeal Decisions

The Federal Reporter is the means by which federal court cases are reported, printed and bound for lawyers, law firms, libraries, and the courts. You often see them on TV shows and movies in law offices. They are the rows of intimidating looking books lining the shelves. There is an excellent source on the internet for these volumes. We gleened these from http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/. This information is public domain. The cases listed are not to be considered a complete list of all courts of appeals cases pertaining to intellectual property. These are all we found. Included are cases on defamation that cover the internet. Under Issues, we have listed the original legal issues that landed the case in court. These issues are not always the reason the case went to appeal. Under Discussed, we have listed the main points the court of appeals addressed. Patent cases are NOT included except for 2007. REMEMBER, a decision from the court of appeals is ONLY binding on courts in that district. Many districts interpret cases in a similar manner so often these decisions are an indicator of legal position. However, beware the Ninth Circuit because is has been overturned by the Supreme Court twice as often as any other district (about 18% of the time). This is why it is sometimes called the "Ninth Circus".

The great majority of decisions from the different federal Court of Appeals concern prisoners. Many involve immigration issues, many involve municipalities, many involve schools, and many involve insurance companies. Eliminate these and the federal courts of appeal would have maybe 85% fewer cases. Federal law states simply that everyone is entitled to file an appeal. The court of appeals for the relevant federal district must hear the appeal. Above the district court of appeals, further appeals do not have to be heard.

These cases are presented as "transformed" by the PublicResources.Org web site located at http://www.publicresources.org/.

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