Case Name: HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Cross Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1998-07-28
Citations: 148 F.3d 1384
Docket Number: Nos. 94-5149, 95-5001
Parties: HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Cross Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 148
Pages: 1384–1386

Head Matter:
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Cross Appellant.
Nos. 94-5149, 95-5001.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
July 28, 1998.
Kenneth W. Starr, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief was Jay I. Alexander, Washington, DC. Also on the brief were Philip C. Swain, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, Massachusetts; Victor G. Sa-vikis, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Los An-geles, California; and Wanda K. Denson-Low, Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo, California.
Thomas J. Byrnes, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Jus tice, Washington, DC, for defendant-cross appellant. With him on the brief were Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, and Vito J. DiPietro, Director. Of counsel on the brief were Anthony J. Stein-meyer, and Howard S. Scher, Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

Opinion:
ORDER
A combined petition for rehearing and suggestion for rehearing in banc having been filed by the Cross Appellant, and a response thereto having been invited by the court and filed by the Appellant, and the petition for rehearing having been referred to the panel that heard the appeal and thereafter the suggestion for rehearing in banc and response having been referred to the circuit judges who are in regular active service, and a poll whether to rehear the appeal in banc having been requested, taken, and failed, it is
ORDERED that the petition for rehearing be, and the same hereby is, DENIED; and it is further
ORDERED that the suggestion for rehearing in banc be, and the same hereby is, DECLINED.
Circuit Judge CLEVENGER dissents from the order declining the suggestion for rehearing in banc in a separate opinion, in which Circuit Judge GAJARSA joins.
Chief Judge MAYER did not participate.
The mandate of the court will issue on August 4,1998.