Court Opinion

ID: 9452611
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 17:46:25.341395+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:33:17.391404
License: Public Domain

SMITH, Judge
(concurring).
The record shows that the Board of Appeals here consisted of an examiner-in-chief and two acting examiners-in-chief. Appellants do not challenge the legality of that board. For the reasons expressed in my dissenting opinion in In re Wiechert, 370 F.2d 927, 54 CCPA -, the decision of such a board in my view is a legal nullity. However, I must accept the majority’s view on this issue *1010in the Wiechert case, i. e., the legality of the board is not an issue here. I therefore participate in the merits of this appeal and in so doing, agree with the conclusion of the majority.