No. 18-346
Estate of Jason Allen Smallwood v. United States
Response Waived
Tags: administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction implied-contract implied-in-fact-contract jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar scheuer-v-rhodes sovereign-immunity standing statutory-interpretation tucker-act veterans-benefits
Latest Conference:
2018-11-02
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. In the face of Scheuer v. Rhodes, whether the trial court could have properly determined that the Estate's complaint must fail?
2. Whether 38 U.S.C. § 511(a) can preclude Tucker Act jurisdiction in light of a non frivolous allegation for breach of implied-in-fact contract with the United States?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
whether-the-trial-court-properly-determined-the-estate's-complaint-must-fail
Docket Entries
2018-11-05
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018.
2018-10-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-07-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 17, 2018)
Attorneys
The Estate of Jason Allen Smallwood
Jonathan Bryan Kelly — Jonathan Kelly & Associates, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent