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Larry Golden v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2025-2128 · judgment March 10, 2026


0%
estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)

Well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weights this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Questions presented

Does the United States Court of Federal Claims have jurisdiction to adjudicate the following money­ mandating constitutional provisions?

  1. Funding under the Bayh-Dole Act;

  2. Fifth Amendment “Takings” Clause of the United States Constitution;

  3. Reasonable and Entire Compensation under 28 U.S.C. § 1498(a); and,

  4. Government Infringement under 28 U.S.C. § 1498(a) The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has mutually excluded each of the above money-mandating constitutional provisions by group­ ing all the provisions under the sub-category of “patent-infringement-based-takings” claims to unlaw­ fully justify dismissal for “lack of jurisdiction”.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Larry Golden

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 19, 2026 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Sep 30 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2026.
  2. Sep 23 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  3. Jul 27 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 25, 2026)