The 2:1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit also might set up yet another fight between the highest court of appeal for patents and the U.S. Supreme Court, which forced the Federal Circuit to reconsider Myriad after reversing the lower court on another landmark case this year.

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The Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife have since appealed the case directly to the Supreme Court, because the REAL ID Act -- again, in the interest of expediting border fence construction -- eliminated the option of appealing district court decisions on the DHS waiver to any of the federal appellate courts, making direct appeal to the Supreme Court the only legal option left.

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Sources told CNN the possibility of a settlement was raised recently during conversations in relation to Jones' appeal of the federal court's decision dismissing her claim.

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The teams will have three days to appeal before a federal court of arbitration and a final decision will be given by July 24.

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The federal Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit is expected to rule on the appeal within the next month.

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That issue has been resolved numerous times in federal district courts of appeal and held up by the U.S. Supreme Court in the following cases.

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Now he put that decision on hold while Research In Motion appealed, but in 2004, a federal appeals court upheld the judgment against Research In Motion, and now it's on appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States.

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