The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a petition for writ of certiorari in a Texas case that could determine whether federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction to hear legal-malpractice suits involving patent law.

On Oct. 5, the high court granted review in Vernon F. Minton v. Jerry W. Gunn, et al., a 2011 decision in which the Texas Supreme Court found by a 5-3 vote that a Texas legal-malpractice case, which involves the alleged mishandling of a patent matter, belongs in federal court.