Richard Linn

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

William J. ClintonDemocratic

Seat

CAFC0402

Nominated

Sept. 28, 1999

Committee hearing

Oct. 7, 1999

Committee action

Reported (favorably)Oct. 21, 1999

Senate vote

Voice

Confirmed

Nov. 19, 1999

Commissioned

Nov. 22, 1999

ABA rating

Qualified

Senior status

Oct. 31, 2012

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Sept. 2
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Netlist, Inc. v. Micron Technology, Inc.
• July 16
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Kg Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. v. United States
• July 9
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Wyeth LLC v. Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp
• March 31
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Kendall v. Collins
• Feb. 17
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Magnum Magnetics Corp. v. United States
• Feb. 5
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Syneren Technologies Corp. v. United States
• Dec. 18, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Mutakaber v. Secretary of State
• Dec. 3, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Colage v. Collins
• Nov. 17, 2025
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi Ve Ticaret A.S. v. United States
• Nov. 13, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Smartrend Manufacturing Group (Smg), Inc. v. Opti-Luxx Inc.
• Nov. 6, 2025
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in In Re MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
• Oct. 30, 2025
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Merck Serono S.A. v. Hopewell Pharma Ventures, Inc.

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.