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HOBBS v. UNITED STATES

No. 20840.

376 F.2d 488 (1967)

James C. HOBBS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Atomic Energy Commission, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 7, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Montgomery, Jr., New Orleans, La., H. Struve Hensel, Washington, D. C., B. D. Watts, Cleveland, Ohio, for petitioner.

Joseph F. Hennessey, Gen. Counsel, AEC, Sidney G. Kingsley, Asst. Gen. Counsel, AEC, Roland A. Anderson, Asst. Gen. Counsel, AEC, Alan S. Rosenthal, Edward Berlin, Robert V. Zener, Attys., Dept. of Justice, John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., for respondent, John A. Horan, Atty., AEC, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Before WHITAKER, Senior Judge, and WISDOM and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

James C. Hobbs seeks just compensation for the Atomic Energy Commission's taking of rights in certain inventions useful in the production of fissionable material. He asks this Court to review an adverse decision of the AEC's Patent Compensation Board1 and the Commission's refusal to review the Board. See Atomic Energy Act of 1954, § 189(b), 42 U.S.C. § 2239(b). We reverse the Patent Board's decision and...

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