Bibbs’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
July 1989
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1491
Relies on Eastport Steamship Corp. v. United States · Upper Pecos Ass'n v. Peterson · Martilla v. United States · McCreery v. United States · Clark v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“* * * [T]he court concludes that the motion should be granted because the action though pleaded in a contract form is an action sounding in tort over which this court has no jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1491 (1970); Martilla v. United States, 118 Ct.Cl. 177 (1950); Eastport Steamship Corp. v. United States, 178 Ct.Cl. 599 , 372 F.2d 1002 (1967); Clark v. United States, 198 Ct.Cl. 593 , 461 F.2d 781 , cert. denied, 409 U.S. 1028 [ 93 S.Ct. 465 , 34 L.Ed.2d 322 ] (1972); and on the basis thereof, IT IS ORDERED that defendant’s motion to dismiss is hereby granted and that plaintiffs’ petition be and the same is hereby dismissed. [ 206 Ct.Cl. at 897 .]”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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