Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc.

Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 19, 2002 Decided June 3, 2002
Full case name	Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc.
Docket no.	01-408
Citations	535 U.S. 826 (more)
Argument	Oral argument
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Case history
Prior	13 F. App'x 961 (Fed. Cir. 2001).
Questions presented
Does the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit have appellate jurisdiction over a case in which the complaint does not allege a claim arising under federal patent law, but the answer contains a patent-law counterclaim?
Holding
The Federal Circuit cannot assert jurisdiction over a case in which the complaint does not allege a patent-law claim, but the answer contains a patent-law counterclaim.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority	Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Breyer; Stevens (Parts I and II-A)
Concurrence	Stevens (in part and in judgment)
Concurrence	Ginsburg (in judgment), joined by O'Connor
Superseded by
America Invents Act (2011)

Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc., 535 U.S. 826 (2002), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding the jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.