Task: songer_typeiss

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court. Choose among the following categories. Criminal and prisioner petitions- includes appeals of conviction, petitions for post conviction relief, habeas corpus petitions, and other prisoner petitions which challenge the validity of the conviction or the sentence or the validity of continued confinement. Civil - Government - these will include appeals from administrative agencies (e.g., OSHA,FDA), the decisions of administrative law judges, or the decisions of independent regulatory agencies (e.g., NLRB, FCC,SEC). The focus in administrative law is usually on procedural principles that apply to administrative agencies as they affect private interests, primarily through rulemaking and adjudication. Tort actions against the government, including petitions by prisoners which challenge the conditions of their confinement or which seek damages for torts committed by prion officials or by police fit in this category. In addition, this category will include suits over taxes and claims for benefits from government. Diversity of Citizenship - civil cases involving disputes between citizens of different states (remember that businesses have state citizenship). These cases will always involve the application of state or local law. If the case is centrally concerned with the application or interpretation of federal law then it is not a diversity case. Civil Disputes - Private - includes all civil cases that do not fit in any of the above categories. The opposing litigants will be individuals, businesses or groups.

PER CURIAM.
After announcing an opinion in the above-entitled cause, including an order for the affirmance of the judgment of the district court dismissing a complaint involving Wheeler divisional patent No. 1,951,685, and after considering and denying a petition for rehearing, we are presented with a communication entitled “Renewed Petition for Rehearing” in which eminent local counsel for appellant understandably do not join. Its unusual vehemence, its inexplicable assertion that decision was based upon an issue of fact not presented by the parties but interjected into the case for the first time in the court’s opinion, and its intemperate assertion that this “transcends the bounds of fair administration of justice,” compels a considered response.
Decision rested upon prior publication, use and sale'beyond the permissible limits of the statute. The facts of publication, use and sale are not in controversy. Their legal effect upon the validity of the patent was and still is considered by us to raise a question of law. The issue in this respect was fully argued by senior counsel for the appellee. There was ample opportunity for response in the supplemental communications of the appellant to the court and in the original petition for rehearing. Our considered judgment was based upon a careful consideration of the disclosure of the original application, and finding therein no description of the invention of the patent in suit and adjudging the law to be that drawings alone are not sufficient to comply with the statutory imperative for full disclosure, we held the divisional patent invalid. Such was our matured judgment after full consideration of oral argument and briefs; such was our judgment upon consideration of the original petition for rehearing; such is still our judgment upon consideration of the renewed petition for rehearing; Wherefore,
The renewed petition for rehearing is denied.

Question: What is the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court?
A. criminal and prisoner petitions
B. civil - government
C. diversity of citizenship
D. civil - private
E. other, not applicable
F. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: D