Court Opinion

ID: 9453184
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 18:05:31.446001+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:33:32.931821
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 the board. For the reasons expressed in my dissenting opinion in In re Wiechert, 370 F.2d 927, 54 CCPA 957 (1967), the decision of such a board in my view is a legal nullity. However, I must accept the majority’s view on this issue in 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, fully agree with the opinion of the majority.