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Jerry W. Gunn, et al., Petitioners v. Vernon F. Minton

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.

568 U.S. 251 · No. 11-1118 · 2012 term · Roberts Court

Decided Feb 20, 2013 · argued Jan 16, 2013

Federalism · Federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation

Majority opinion: John Roberts

The voteMajority

9–09 in the majority, 0 in dissent

No dissent (9–0)

Reversed and remanded. Jerry W. Gunn, et al., Petitioners won.

What this ruling means

Reversed and remanded: the Supreme Court overturned the decision of the Texas Supreme Court and sent the case back to that court for further proceedings that follow the Supreme Court’s ruling.

Jerry W. Gunn, et al., Petitioners was the petitioner, the side that asked the Supreme Court to review the case. “Won” means the Court gave that side the result it asked for.

From the Supreme Court Database. A justice who agreed with the result but not the reasoning counts in the majority.

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Summary

The opening of the case’s Wikipedia article: what the case was about and what the Court held.

Gunn v. Minton, 568 U.S. 251 (2013), is a US patent law case. The case dealt with the question of jurisdiction of patent law litigation in regard to attorney malpractice. 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. The case was remanded to the Texas state courts for further proceedings.

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How the justices voted

Each justice who took part, placed by their Martin–Quinn ideology score for the 2012 term. Filled: the 9 in the majority. Hollow: the 0 in dissent. Colour is the party of the president who appointed them.

More liberalMore conservativeMedianGinsburgSotomayorKaganBreyerKennedyJ. RobertsScaliaAlitoThomas

Majority(9)

Dissent(0)

  • None.
Data notes

Each justice’s vote and what they wrote are from the justice-centered file of the Supreme Court Database. “Wrote a concurrence” means the justice sided with the majority and wrote separately; a justice who dissented in part is counted on the side they took overall. A justice who wrote nothing is listed as joining their side.

Positions are each justice’s Martin–Quinn score for the case’s term, the same scores as the Ideology page: negative is more liberal, positive more conservative. A score sums up a justice’s votes across the whole term, so it says where they usually sit, not why they voted as they did here. The median line is the Court’s median justice that term.

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The parties

Who brought the case to the Court, who answered it, and how it got there.

Petitioner
Jerry W. Gunn, et al., PetitionersAttorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Respondent
Vernon F. MintonInventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Reached the Court by
Certiorari (the Court chose to hear it)
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The names are the two sides of the case’s title. The description under each is the Supreme Court Database’s category for that party, in its own wording. The petitioner is the side that asked the Supreme Court to review the decision below. “Why it was taken” appears only when the majority opinion says lower courts disagreed or were unsure about the question; reasons that would fit any case (“to resolve the question presented”, “an important question”) are left out.

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The law at issue

The law the Court was asked to apply, and the kind of power it used to decide.

Provision
35-102
Kind of law
Infrequently litigated statutes
Decided by
Statutory construction
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Timeline

What happened at the Court and how the case got there, newest first.

  1. Feb 20, 2013DecidedDecided · Decided 9–0: reversed and remanded. Jerry W. Gunn, et al., Petitioners won.
  2. Jan 16, 2013ArguedArgued · Oral argument before the Court.
  3. Not datedTaken upTaken up · The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case (certiorari).
  4. Not datedCourt belowCourt below · Decided by the Texas Supreme Court: affirmed, with a dissent.
  5. Not datedBeganBegan · The case began in the Texas trial court.
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From the Supreme Court Database: the court the case began in, the court whose decision the Supreme Court reviewed and what that court did, how the case came to the Court, and the dates of argument and decision. The database does not date the steps in the lower courts. Court names are the database’s.

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  138. Callaway, Trustee, et al. v. Benton et al.336 U.S. 132Feb 7, 1949 · 336 U.S. 132Federalism7–27–2 band
  139. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Public Service Commission of Indiana et al.332 U.S. 507Dec 15, 1947 · 332 U.S. 507Federalism8–0Unanimous band
  140. Rice et al. v. Board of Trade of the City of Chicago331 U.S. 247May 5, 1947 · 331 U.S. 247Federalism9–0Unanimous band
  141. Rice et al. v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. et al.331 U.S. 218May 5, 1947 · 331 U.S. 218Federalism7–27–2 band
  142. Bethlehem Steel Co. et al. v. New York State Labor Relations Board330 U.S. 767Apr 7, 1947 · 330 U.S. 767Federalism9–0Unanimous band
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