federal-contracts

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-5901 Laura Marie Scott v. City of Hamtramck, Michigan, Treasurer, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied IFP choice-of-law comity equity federal-contracts property-rights quasi-in-rem quasi-in-rem-action tax-foreclosure title Does a violation of "choice of law" [retrocession, in 2013] create a quasi in rem action; which ultimately reverses itself [retrocession, in 2019] to …
19-389 Jay Anthony Dobyns v. United States Federal Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied Amici (1) breach-of-contract civil-procedure contract-interpretation contract-law duty-of-good-faith fair-dealing federal-circuit federal-contracts federal-government good-faith good-faith-and-fair-dealing government-contracts undercover-agents (1) Whether the duty of good faith and fair dealing implied in all contracts, including contracts between private parties and the United States, permi…
19-5805 Mahmoud Aldissi, et ux. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Amici (1)IFP civil-rights criminal-intent due-process federal-contracts fraud free-speech mail-fraud property-interest property-rights restitution-calculation right-to-control wire-fraud 1. Is a mail or wire fraud conviction based on a sufficient property interest when a victim receives the full financial benefit of its bargain but, th…
18-743 White Oak Realty, LLC, et al. v. Army Corps of Engineers, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied Response Waived agency-action agency-authority chevron-deference congressional-authority federal-contracts property-rights public-projects regulatory-authority statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-conditions 1. Where a statute directs an agency to carry out and pay for a federal project for public benefit without granting express authority to regulate priv…