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Patently Wrong: The U.S. Supreme Court Punts In The Case Of Labcorp V. Metabolite, John G. New
Patently Wrong: The U.S. Supreme Court Punts In The Case Of Labcorp V. Metabolite, John G. New
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
In June 2006, after having granted certiorari and hearing oral arguments, the United States Supreme Court dismissed the case of Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc. as having been improvidently granted a writ of certiorari. Dissenting from this extraordinary step was Justice Breyer, joined by Justices Stevens and Souter. At issue in the case was a patent, the owners of which claimed that a physician's use of any test to infer vitamin deficiency by raised blood serum levels of the chemical homocysteine infringed the patent. This Article argues that the Supreme Court was itself improvident in dismissing …