Federal Circuit
Alvin Anthony Schall
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- George H.W. BushRepublican
- Seat
- CAFC1002
- Nominated
- March 3, 1992
- Committee hearing
- July 29, 1992
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Aug. 12, 1992
- Senate vote
- Voice
- Confirmed
- Aug. 12, 1992
- Commissioned
- Aug. 17, 1992
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Senior status
- Oct. 5, 2009
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 11panel identified Sat on the panel in Moskowitz Family LLC v. Globus Medical, Inc.
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Aug. 28panel identified Sat on the panel in T-Mobile US, Inc. v. Kaifi LLC
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Aug. 10panel identified Sat on the panel in Dental Monitoring Sas v. Align Technology, Inc.
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Aug. 4panel identified Sat on the panel in Johnson v. United States
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June 26opinion issued Authored the opinion in Jackson v. Collins
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Feb. 27panel identified Sat on the panel in Neal v. DVA
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Dec. 18, 2025panel identified Sat on the panel in Micron Technology Inc. v. Longhorn Ip LLC
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Aug. 14, 2025panel identified Sat on the panel in Sauer West LLC v. United States
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June 12, 2025
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June 5, 2025panel identified Sat on the panel in La Molisana S.P.A. v. United States
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April 4, 2025
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April 3, 2025panel identified Sat on the panel in In Re FOREST
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
| Case | No. | Status | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moskowitz Family LLC v. Globus Medical, Inc. | 24-1696 | Decided | Sept. 11, 2026 | |
| T-Mobile US, Inc. v. Kaifi LLC | 25-1006 | Decided | Aug. 28, 2026 | |
| Dental Monitoring Sas v. Align Technology, Inc. | 25-1752 | Decided | Aug. 10, 2026 | |
| Johnson v. United States | 25-1017 | Decided | Aug. 4, 2026 | |
| Jackson v. Collins | 24-2135 | Decided | June 26, 2026 | Authored |
| Neal v. DVA | 25-1755 | Decided | Feb. 27, 2026 | |
| Micron Technology Inc. v. Longhorn Ip LLC | 23-2007 | Decided | Dec. 18, 2025 | |
| Sauer West LLC v. United States | 24-1114 | Decided | Aug. 14, 2025 | |
| Mitek Systems, Inc. v. United Services Automobile Association | 23-1687 | Decided | June 12, 2025 | |
| La Molisana S.P.A. v. United States | 23-2060 | Decided | June 5, 2025 | |
| Ams-Osram USA Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc. | 22-2185 | Decided | April 4, 2025 | |
| In Re FOREST | 23-1178 | Decided | April 3, 2025 | |
| Sierra Wireless, Ulc v. Sisvel S.P.A. | 23-1059 | Decided | March 10, 2025 | |
| Restem, LLC v. Jadi Cell, LLC | 23-2054 | Decided | March 4, 2025 | |
| Oman Fasteners, LLC v. United States | 23-1661 | Decided | Jan. 7, 2025 | |
| Contour Ip Holding LLC v. Gopro, Inc. | 22-1654 | Decided | Sept. 9, 2024 | |
| Smith v. McDonough | 23-1378 | Decided | Aug. 28, 2024 | |
| Lewis v. McDonough | 23-1298 | Decided | Aug. 1, 2024 | Authored |
| Love v. McDonough | 23-1465 | Decided | July 11, 2024 | |
| Ravi v. United States | 22-1559 | Decided | June 25, 2024 |
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Opinion | Jackson v. Collins | Federal Circuit | June 26, 2026 |
| Opinion | Lewis v. McDonough | Federal Circuit | Aug. 1, 2024 |
| Opinion | United States v. Katana Racing, Inc. | Federal Circuit | Aug. 3, 2023 |
| Opinion | Bean v. McDonough | Federal Circuit | April 26, 2023 |
| Opinion | Mattox v. McDonough | Federal Circuit | Jan. 9, 2023 |
| Opinion | Memmer v. United States | Federal Circuit | Sept. 28, 2022 |
| Opinion | Labonte v. United States | Federal Circuit | Aug. 12, 2022 |
| Opinion | Labonte v. United States | Federal Circuit | Aug. 12, 2022 |
| Opinion of the Court | In re Hornback | Federal Circuit | July 2, 2002 |
| Opinion of the Court | Pikulin v. United States | Federal Circuit | July 2, 2002 |
| Opinion of the Court | Kimco Realty v. United States | Federal Circuit | June 27, 2002 |