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· 2/20/2013

Gunn v. Minton

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  • 133 S. Ct. 1059
  • 185 L. Ed. 2d 72
  • 2013 U.S. LEXIS 1612
  • 568 U.S. 251

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2013 United States Supreme Court case

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 .[1] [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]

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  1. Jump up to: 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 August 1, 2014.
  3. "Gunn v. Minton will impact future patent malpractice cases - Lexology" . January 14, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

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  • holding that federal jurisdiction would run afoul of Grable’s fourth requirement where the issue implicated an area traditionally addressed by the States
  • holding that malpractice claims, based on an attorney’s handling of a patent case, are not subject to exclusive jurisdiction of federal courts
  • recognizing that states “have ‘a special responsibility for maintaining standards among members of the licensed professions’” (quoting Ohralik, 436 U.S. at 460)
  • holding that the plaintiff's malpractice claim \will necessarily require application of patent law to the facts of [his] case\
  • holding that a legal malpractice action regarding a prior patent action did not raise a substantial federal issue that conferred subject matter jurisdiction
  • holding that the plaintiff’s malpractice claim “will necessarily require application of patent law to the facts of [his] case”

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